I’ve been doing a little research on the “Third Way” movement and I am persuaded that the “Third Way” Democrats are moving to unseat Obama, if not at the convention, in 2016.
They may be thinking that it will be impossible for Romney to make much progress in the economy in four years, with the damage that Obama has done and besides, Romney is a Third Wayer, himself. But they are definitely moving to disavow Obama and the Obama supporters are having a fit.
The old Democrat leadership council didn’t go away, it morphed into The Third Way, with Evan Bayh playing an important role. They are the Hillary Clinton wing of the Democrat party, the triangulators, the compromisers, for whom the hard choices that result in compromise are simply considered “false choices.” (Jonah Goldberg - Liberal Fascism)
This is an important movement that most of us have been ignoring because we were so distracted by the over-reaching of the Obama administration on all fronts and the seeming unity of the Democrat party. It was an illusion. The Third Wayers were simply sitting back and waiting for him to fail because they knew he would.
It is the Third Way that the far left labels as “corporatists”. The far left fights the Third Way segment of the Democrat Party the same way that Republicans fight the Libertarians. The problem for the Democrats is that by pushing the far left agenda so hard, they pushed the middle of the road people right into the Republican voter block.
I’m pretty sure that Mitt Romney is a Third Way guy. His political record is just about a clear definition of the “Third Way”. Even his position on health care is a Third Way kind of compromise - Give the voters what they want. If you can’t beat them, join them. That’s what is meant by a “false choice”.
The only way to deal with Mitt Romney is to keep the pressure, don’t ever let up and let him know that he wasn’t elected to compromise with the left.
It's always worked so well in the past, hasn't it?