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In reply to the discussion: I am a "CENTRIST" Democrat, have been for 46 years, and am proud to be so! [View all]bigtree
(85,996 posts)...what about this capital gains indexing republicans are talking about. Is that a 'centrist' position?
What about support for Kavanaugh? Would that be a centrist position? I see a few Dem 'moderates' are still mulling it over.
What about banking regulations? I see centrist Democrats working with republicans on watered down legislation which omits almost all of the consumer protections in the Democratic legislation and exempts many large banks from regulations. One Democrat actually worked with republicans in committee to block Democratic provisions, mainly consumer protections.
What about gun safety legislation?
That's the type of 'voting with republicans' that I'm talking about. I really don't expect you to acknowledge it in this substance-free declaration of your political identity. I do think it would help if you would stop being coy about what issues and positions define your centrism.
Until then, I'll just associate your centrism with the way Democratic centrist legislators have defined their political distancing from majorities of Democratic legislators on critical, progressive Democratic initiatives.