[harpu]

Short answer...NO, in fact...HELL NO!

[goldstategop]

That’s like saying socialism and freedom can be compromised on. Moderates only get us to totalitarianism a little slow but they still get us there.

[b4its2late]

She doesn’t get it.

[Rummyfan]

The group hopes to attract politicians who feel that they've lost elections for being too moderate....

Aah, so they are extreme moderates? Or moderate extremists? This movement is for pols and voters who don't believe in anything. Sure to rival the Tea Party - NOT!

[DManA]

I’ll take an honest socialist like Lieberman over these dishonest “centrists” who hide their agenda behind platitudinous nonsense like “bipartisanship” .

[Migraine]

Centrism’s greatest weakness is its fatuous ignorance. Centrism is the unexamined life Socrates was talking about. It ignores the fact that we are in a fight to the death over worldview. That inevitably is fought on ideological grounds. That comes down to philosophy.

Centrists are the unexamined lives who are unwilling to do philosophy. They just want to get on with what they consider to be real life — playing games, going to parties, sending their kids to Ivy League schools.

[Smokin' Joe]

As long as it is consistently to the Right of the GOP it may have a chance. Otherwise, no.

[Paladin2]

RINOs looking for cover.

[GonzoGOP]

No. As Rush often asks, show me the book of great moments in moderation. Change happens because of a fire in the belly and a drive to overcome some outrage or accomplish some lofty goal. Neither of those emotions is compatible with moderation. Moderation is what is left over when the movements have drawn people off to their respective corners.

Moderation triumphs during times of peace, calm and prosperity. When the vast majority of people don't want things to change and like the world just the way it is. In today's society dominated by a wrecked economy, diplomatic disasters, war and terrorism moderation simply has no place. Pick a side and place your bets. The next decade will be no place for spectators.

[samtheman]

Moderates ALWAYS provide cover for leftists and progressives.

ALWAYS.

WITHOUT EXCEPTION.

When the left is on the rampage, leveling society and destroying the economy, there is no such thing as a “moderate”. The very concept is a lie.

[RexBeach]

Could centrists have created the United States?

No.

Wake up and smell the bacon, kathleen.

[Grumplestiltskin]

“In a political culture where moderation is the new heresy, centrism is fast becoming the new black.”

In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.
- AYN RAND

[Le Chien Rouge]

There is no centrism in Capitalism.

It’s a winner take all world.

[Non-Sequitur]

Can a centrist movement succeed?

Probably not. There aren't enough centrists in Congress currently to make a difference. And third party candidates don't do well in elections. The process is stacked against anyone operating outside of the two major parties.

[SamuraiScot]

A new political group, No Labels (www.nolabels.org), is hoping to mobilize and support a centrist political movement.

Fine. But for truth-in-advertising purposes, they should change the url to (www.novotes.org).

[Sybeck1]

I am a conservative independent that left the GOP after the amnesty vote. Am I a centrist?

[AZLiberty]

Centrism will not accomplish what is needed, which is to unwind socialism.

[MNDude]

Centrist movement? Like getting someone like W Bush with a deficit of only a half a trillion dollars?

[Conservative Tsunami]

Who's asking? Kathleen Parker??

But Kathleen - you're a liberal. Look in one of your cracked mirrors.

[BenLurkin]

“Centrist” = big government liberals