Anyone surprised that today, the one year anniversary of the Afganistan debacle, that Biden and his group has nothing on his schedule. A Tuesday.
Anyone think they might be crawling down a rabbit hole for the next 24 hours so as to lessen the attention of this administration’s horrible beginning and now we know ongoing performance approaching midterms.
And don’t be fooled by the Andrew Wang BS new party. This smells of Plan B to split the independent registered voters and raise the bar for any opposition to the entrenched to win.
The new name alone is phony enough to make a herd camels puke.
Sounds like a Light Brigade steal. If you like Trojan Horses, this is one of them.
We are longtime registered independent voters and these people do not represent anything we desire. Glib is as glib does.
Funny thing about registered independent voters over time, one runs into more than a few. Most are not ultra-liberal or ultra-consevervative that we’ve seen. But they seem to be pretty good at smelling rats and stuffing ballot boxes.
The term democracy ain’t fragile. If it gets any more abused it will unfortunately look like that poor tourist horse in New York.
“A group of former Republican and Democratic officials are forming a new political party called Forward, in an attempt to appeal to what they call the “moderate, common-sense majority.”
“Political extremism is ripping our nation apart, and the two major parties have failed to remedy the crisis,” David Jolly, Christine Todd Whitman and Andrew Yang wrote in a Washington Post op-ed published Wednesday. “Today’s outdated parties have failed by catering to the fringes. As a result, most Americans feel they aren’t represented.”
Andrew Yang is 'breaking up' with the Democratic Party and is now an independent
“Jolly is a former Republican congressman from Florida, Whitman a former Republican governor of New Jersey and Yang is a former Democratic presidential and New York mayoral candidate. The three will merge their political organizations into the new party, whose launch was first reported by Reuters.
“The group cites issues including guns, climate change and abortion as those that could benefit from a moderate approach. The new party will also advocate ranked-choice voting and open primaries, the end of gerrymandering, and nationwide protection for voting rights.
“Sixty-two percent of Americans now want a third party, a record high, because they can see that our leaders aren’t getting it done,” Yang told CNN’s Brianna Keilar on “New Day” on Thursday in a joint appearance with Whitman. “And when you ask about the policy goals, the fact is the majority of Americans actually agree on really even divisive issues. The most divisive issues of the day like abortion or firearms – there’s actually a commonsense coalition position on these issues and just about every other issue under the sun.”
“Forward is planning a national convention next summer and will soon seek ballot access to run candidates in 2024, according to the Post op-ed.
“The party said in a news release that it would launch “a national building tour this fall to hear from voters and begin laying the groundwork for expanded state-by-state party registration and ballot access, relying on the combined nationwide network of the three organizations.” It plans to gain legal recognition “in 15 states by the end of 2022, twice that number in 2023, and in almost all U.S. states by the end of 2024.”
“While Forward won’t be running its own candidates in this year’s midterm elections, it will “support select candidates in November who stand up for our democracy, even if they come from outside the new party,” according to the news release.
“Jolly, Whitman and Yang acknowledged the clear lack of success third parties have had in the United States previously, writing in their op-ed, “Most third parties in U.S. history failed to take off, either because they were ideologically too narrow or the population was uninterested.” But they said that “voters are calling for a new party now more than ever,” citing a Gallup poll from last year.”
Simplistic explanation for former third party failure like this are an insult to your intelligence.
Upsetting entrenched apple carts ain’t ever been viewed favorably.