Mark Statin’s “Radical Middle” site has created a list of the
Centrists in Congress.
“There Is a Radical Middle in Congress, and Its Stars Are Sen. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Rep. Rush Holt(D-NJ)”
December 2007.This month we polled 21 leading radical centrist thinkers and activists to determine the “Best Radical Middle or Post-Partisan Members of Congress.” They not only pinpointed Sen. Snowe and Rep. Holt, they threw the spotlight on 19 other members of Congress who are trying to promote creative and post-partisan new ideas. What will it take to make the Congressional radical-middle more visible and effective?
I can only wish that these souls, along with other enlightened former representatives, can come together to champion election reforms that increase the chances for others like them to get elected.
Perhaps join with the The Bipartisan Policy Center headed by Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell. Or other centrist organizations such as the Democratic Leadership Council and the Republican Leadership Council or even Unity08.
I suspect that a post partisan movement focused on process reform and lead by charismatic leaders could attract support from those of us who could get excited about increasing collaboration among our representatives.
Born 1950, Married, Living in Austin Texas, Semi
Retired Small Business owner and investor. My political interest
evolved out of his business experience that the best decisions come out of an objective gathering of information and a pragmatic consideration of costs and benefits. I am interested in promoting Centrist candidates and Policies. My posts are mostly about people and policies that I believe are part of the solution rather the problem.