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CSPAN Live Coverage of the No Labels Launch
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, Florida Governor Charlie Crist, Representative Michael Castle of Delaware, and others talked about electoral reform. Topics included redistricting, open primaries, and fairness in political elections.
Can a Centrist Movement Succeed?
In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black. Political outliers – not quite Republican, not quite Democrat – are forming new alliances in a communal search for “Home.” Exhausted by extremism and aching for real change, more and more Americans are moving away from demagoguery and …
Aiming for the Political Middle
An alliance of centrist Republicans and Democrats is seeking to organize a grass-roots movement targeting the middle of American politics, a political sphere depopulated by the midterm elections and a vital tool for any potential third-party presidential candidate. The group, called “No Labels,” has drawn support from supporters and advisers of New York City Mayor …
Rebuilding The Political Center
“In American politics right now, mostly the far left and the far right dominate the debate”. What No Labels is here to do is organize the other 70% of the electorate”- Jon Cowan
No Labels, No Apology
Within a week after its official launch, the No Labels movement—which I helped found—has accomplished a hitherto unimaginable feat: It has united a bitterly divided commentariat. Tribunes of left and right have issued issue denunciations and pronounced anathemas. Polarization, they say, is a wonderful thing, and those who would weaken it are at best deluded …
