"No Labels" looks like the beginning of a third Party?

[kentuck]

They have been doing ads on the television set criticizing both Dems and Repubs.

All I can say is "Proceed".

When one of the major Parties is weakened by circumstances of their own making, third parties do tend to fill the vacuum.

They would probably steal most of the moderates from the present Republican Party if they choose to remain viable?

[jberryhill]

1. It's Jeb Bush

[Berlum]

17. "Smirk." - Teh Jebster (R - BFEE)

[grantcart]

38. Yep, pretty obvious too.

[liberal_at_heart]

2. hmmm. interesting.

[PSPS]

3. "No Labels" is just a repackaging of the GOP without the tarnished brand.

If you dig just a little, you run into the same talking points.

[kentuck]

4. Yep...

With the support of "Democrats" like Evan Bayh...

[Bonhomme Richard]

6. +1 n/t

[etherealtruth]

18. exactly!

[struggle4progress]

21. Founded by Republican Mark McKinnon, strategist for the GWB and McCain campaigns

[melody]

31. +100 n/t

[SoCalDem]

5. They are M-O-R (sway with the breeze) republicans/dems

When people say they have no opinion about "x" or they always compromise (away OUR rights)

This is the DINO-RINO Party..

[nadinbrzezinski]

7. They are actually the product, from what my local freshman claims,

of talks between freshman democrats (like mine) and freshman republicans, during orientation.

Given my local freshman is a blue dog, and the republicans are moderates, it could be very much the beginning of a new party. This is what happened back in the late 1850s at the Republicans were formed from moderate Democrats and radical republicans. Yes, Lincoln was considered quite radical.

I wonder if the Brown rule will apply if this becomes too obvious?

[DJ13]

8. Turd Way

[liberal_at_heart]

19. Is that what they are? Then never mind.

[1000words]

20. Yup

[TheKentuckian]

25. Completely. Ought to be Re-labled...again.

[Kingofalldems]

9. Joe Lieberman is involved. They are republicans.

[blkmusclmachine]

10. Oh, great. Another Rightist Party for the DEMS to bipartisan with.

[JHB]

11. Are they still around?

It's not a party, it's a scheme for political consultants to bilk some wealthy people who think we have a "both sides" problem.

[Bjorn Against]

12. They have been around a couple years, Joe Lieberman is involved

They are not a political party, they are more like an American' for Prosperity type group that shills for right-wing causes. Unlike American's for Prosperity they pretend to be moderates, but we should all know that when Lieberman is involved that it is a right-wing group that merely pretends to be in the middle.

[MannyGoldstein]

13. Intriguing, definitely worth a look.

Seems like my kind of peeps!

Regards,

Third-Way Manny
A Proud Member...

[pinboy3niner]

22. *snort*

Good one, Manny!

[JHB]

26. Oh, don't be so modest, Third-Way Manny,...

...you were their top pick to be Bloomberg's running mate, if he'd opted to run in 2012.

[Dragonfli]

34. They are your peeps Third-Way Manny, see post #32 /nt

[former9thward]

14. They claimed they were going to run a candidate in 2012.

They said they were going to have an online 'convention'. Nothing ever happened.

[JHB]

27. Actually, that was "Americans Elect", but same shit, different label

A lot of crossover between those two groups.

[former9thward]

37. Thanks, I thought it was the same group.

[Auntie Bush]

15. They would get all the Independents too.

Most the ReThugs I know would bag the Rethug party. They're going to be hurting if not eliminated. They'd only consist of Tea baggers.

[liberal_at_heart]

30. I am an independent and the only third party that has a chance with me is the Green Party.

Or maybe the socialist party.

[hobbit709]

16. Another astroturf outfit.

[lpbk2713]

23. What was that the Quitter said about lipstick on a pig?

[Spider Jerusalem]

24. Third parties don't do well in the US system

if the GOP implodes then a nascent centre-right party may be poised to succeed it, as the Republican Party goes the way of the Whigs (although the GOP may continue to survive in the South, for a while). The Republicans are already largely a regional party though, so that would only drive sectional splits further and perhaps lead to a new secessionist movement.

[grasswire]

28. BFEE rides again

Co founder is Mark McKinnon, Bush fixer. He was flapping his gums on MSNBC today. Gave me the heebie jeebies.

[Lint Head]

29. I agree.

I also love you using the term "television set". I haven't heard that in years.

[Dragonfli]

32. No labels is just where classic Republicans hang out, they include DLC moderate Republicans

That are in modern times Registered as Democrats and are called "third way" or "new democrats" and also what's left of Moderate Republicans that are still anachronistically found in the GOP (but ignored by their party).

Reaganites mostly from both aisles.


If they do start a third party, maybe the supply-siders would leave our party to join them and give it back to the classic Democrats.

Then we'd have have a Republican Party (under a new "no-name&quot , A Democratic Party, and a John Birch Party (which would simply keep the Republican name)

[eridani]

33. No labels = no core values =whoring for the 1% n/t

[Douglas Carpenter]

35. they are looking for Democrats who are not afraid to take on tough issues like Entitlement reform,

who believe in a strong defense and are frustrated with President Obama for always pandering to the party's radical far left rather than striving for bipartisan compromise.

[truebluegreen]

36. Heh. Good one.

[Douglas Carpenter]

39. just what America needs - three parties all on the right side of center

or actually one center-right party - another slightly more to the right - and a John Birch Society, right-wing crackpot party. Just how would this party be any different than the mainstream leadership of the Democratic Party?

[socialist_n_TN]

40. The only benefit would be that it would probably lead to a .......

Progressive Worker's Party on the left in relatively short order.

[Douglas Carpenter]

41. there have been several attempts at that over the years when unions were much stronger and

class consciousness was much more powerful and socialist ideals were held much more commonly by common people than today. As desirable as it would be - I cannot see that happening at least for the foreseeable future. However, sometimes movements spring up very quickly and unexpectedly - I would rejoice at history proving me completely wrong on this. But as long as a vote for a progressive third party means in the vast majority of cases - increasing the possibility of some right-wing crackpot winning - I can't see the development of a progressive alternative to the Democratic Party on the national level. Besides not only do most rank and file Republicans think the Democratic Party is already an extreme left-wing party - most rank and file Democrats think that the Democratic Party is already a progressive workers' party - however naïve that may be.

[socialist_n_TN]

42. Well yeah that's the reason a PWP hasn't happened already IMO......

the fear of a Teabagger election. But IF the Republicans split first, the Democrats (unless they take a HUGE left turn) are almost guaranteed to split within one or two election cycles afterwards. And I'd rather see a worker's party come about than some form of the Greens or another "liberal" party as that fourth.