Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

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.

The “center” is nothing but a moving “split the baby” target. It stands for nothing in particular & compromise (not consensus or cooperative) policies tend to be bad policy. I’m a unabashedly partisan because I’m partial to standing for certain aspirations and ideas. #mepolitics

Hard to know what "centrist" position on health care is: Only kick like 5 million off insurance? On taxes: Only cut taxes of the super rich by 10 percent? #mepolitics

There are a variety of paths forward on healthcare and we are currently doing it a great disservice on the federal level when choosing between rip it down or leave it as is. I am not assigning blame for that, rather suggesting the current climate stops collaboration. #mepolitics