Unity '08
'Dismayed by the system they helped to create, some veteran political strategists are out to subvert it -- and create a better choice for 2008.'
'One of the many things that differentiate Unity08 from earlier third-party movements is that its founders aren't putting forward their own candidate. What they have in mind might instead best be thought of as the "Field of Dreams" model: build a mechanism whereby qualified individuals of insufficient partisanship to win the Republican or Democratic nomination gain a legitimate shot at the White House, and trust that the best candidates will come.'
I've only started hearing about this project in the past 12 hours, so I don't have a firm opinion yet...but at first glance, it sure does sound interesting. (Both quotes are from this Atlantic article.)
Now, I think you all know (or can easily figure out) that I'm not a centrist by the current definition
-- but I could support a centrist candidate who really was in the middle,
as opposed to the many Democrats whose only purpose seems to be to help
the Republicans move the center ever further to the right.
And of course, given no other choice, I'll vote against just about any Republican candidate. But it sure would be nice to vote for somebody, or at least for an interesting idea.
And of course, given no other choice, I'll vote against just about any Republican candidate. But it sure would be nice to vote for somebody, or at least for an interesting idea.
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