With No Labels abandoning its bid to run its “unity ticket” in 2024, the last hope for a moderate alternative to the duopoly of our incumbent parties for this election cycle vanished. This cycle began with great excitement in the middle of the political spectrum. The parties had careened so far toward the edges that it seemed a moderate alternative would finally emerge. In addition to the No Labels effort, Andrew Yang’s Forward Party merged with the SAM Party and the Renew America Movement to form a new party that could have been that moderate alternative.
Today, polling consistently shows that about half the country refuses to identify with either of the incumbent political parties. Moreover, that half favors more moderate, common-sense solutions to every major issue the country faces. Having that moderate alternative is the galvanizing issue of our time.
The Forward Party leaders based their strategy on the bizarre belief that the party could not stand for anything other than electoral reform and some vague “can’t we all just get along” platform. No Labels, at least, made a half-hearted attempt at stating some principles. But those were so general that they were mostly received with a deafening yawn.
The crucial error in the No Labels strategy was that it dedicated its efforts solely to the objective of electing a presidential ticket, not building a true political party that would compete at all levels. Without that party infrastructure, running a national campaign for president is virtually impossible. It was, therefore, unsurprising tha… Διαβάστε περισσότερα
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