New Pragmatic Centrist Party?

"Thanks to a quiet political start-up that is now ready to show its hand, a viable, centrist, third presidential ticket, elected by an Internet convention, is going to emerge in 2012. I know it sounds gimmicky — an Internet convention — but an impressive group of frustrated Democrats, Republicans and independents, called Americans Elect, is really serious, and they have thought out this process well. In a few days, Americans Elect will formally submit the 1.6 million signatures it has gathered to get on the presidential ballot in California as part of its unfolding national effort to get on the ballots of all 50 states for 2012."


Steve Friedman writes an interesting column saying that a political party will emerge to nominate and elect centrist candidates.  I don't know if that is correct or not, but I hope it is. Our current political process elects wing nuts on the left and right. They appeal to their base which demands no compromise and no deals.


We need more elected officials in the pragmatic center. We have let the far left and the far right high jack our country.  So I am all for this movement and hope it will go forward.


We elect the government we want and deserve, and we get what we want. How is that working for you so far? Let us hope we can get some competent ethical people in Congress. We must do a better job of picking candidates and elected officials.


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