Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

On @NPR today I heard @MaxBoot say he is no longer a Republican, nor is he a Democrat...he is homeless. If you feel left out of the parties, welcome home. Non-partisan means we can just be us, and work together for a better #Maine and a better US. #mepolitics #TWPSB #bond2018

Plenty of people enrolled in parties are 'just being themselves.' I would guess most of them. #mepolitics

Moreover, most people realize that working with a political party is more effective. Nearly all indie and 3rd party candidates lose, some (like Nader, Gary Johnson and Jill Stein) are spoilers. All indies in the Senate caucus with a party. #mepolitics

It is nearly impossible for a functional moderate to survive a primary from either party. Moderate is a voice that is needed in our policial discourse and no longer valued by the big 2. If you think a moderate is a spoiler, put forward a more electable candidate. #mepolitics

I disagree. In many ways one of the problems with parties is they tend to moderate (move to the center) candidates who I think could win with a well articulated aspirational vision. Obviously there are exceptions. #mepolitics

I don't know that the sentiments are mutually exclusive. The parties feel like they have moved, particularly the GOP, and that leaves a bigger space in the middle to compare moderation in.