Is there any hope for a rising centrist, moderate, highly rational political movement of consequence? Small-L liberals + small-C conservatives working together. I hope so, but it looks awfully unlikely for the foreseeable future.
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AFAICT, this was the trend of the 1990s and 2000s, now reversed. Not sure why.
This was one reason I was pleased by the PM'ship of Malcolm Turnbull in Australia - he moved the conservatives well toward the center. But he lost his job to a more conservative faction, in part as a result...
