Tiffany Bond  🦞 🇺🇸Verified account

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

That's rather vague. #mepolitics

Also, I don't know a single elected official whose position on health policy is "leave it as it is." #mepolitics

I don't either. I wasn't assigning blame for that seeming to be the two options, rather saying that those seem to be what the political climate will support since collaboration doesn't seem to be a thing in DC right now. #mepolitics

Bothsiderism isn't an accurate analysis. #mepolitics

Dems have historically been willing to collaborate and compromise’ that’s how we ended up with Romneycare redone as Obamacare. What we dislike is poison pill policies, gutting things to cause failure, and undermining intent. That’s not honest partnership. #mepolitics