Centrist View of the Debt Ceiling Debate
The Democrats’ Position First, let’s admit that Biden’s arguments about the Republicans’ opposition to raising the debt limit without reductions in the deficit have some merit. The Republicans raised the debt limit repeatedly during the Trump administration. The Republicans, also, increased the deficit and the debt level by passing significant tax reductions during the Trump…
Kyrsten Sinema, Evan McMullin, and the Emergence of an Independent Caucus
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema Is Now an Independent Sen. Kyrsten Sinema from Arizona, formerly a Democrat, announced recently that she is now an independent. She has vowed not to caucus with the Republican Party and expects to retain her committee assignments. I suspect she has an arrangement with Sen. Chuck Schumer (D), the Senate Majority Leader,…
Re-ordering the Democratic Primaries
Why Biden Pushed for Re-ordering the Primaries The official reason for re-ordering the Democratic primaries, to allow South Carolina to go first, is to increase the influence of Black voters in the selection of the presidential nominee. A second reason is clearly to strengthen President Biden’s position if there is a contest for the Democratic…
Centrist Independent Voter Endorsement in Georgia Senate Runoff
Georgia U.S. Senate Runoff Endorsement The Centrist Independent Voter endorsed Sen. Raphael Warnock (D) in the general election. I have been asked whether that endorsement applies to the runoff election. It is not a trivial question. The situation has changed. The Republicans have secured a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives and the…
The Case Against “Loss and Damage” Payments
The recent U.N. Conference on Climate (COP27) ended with a commitment for so called rich countries to provide “loss and damage” transfers to poor countries to help deal with the consequences of climate change. The Centrist Independent Voter believes that climate change is a serious problem and supports a variety of solutions including a significant…
Burying the Evidence of Racial Discrimination and The Failures of Public Education
The Supreme Court is expected to ban the use of racial preferences in college and university admissions sometime this session. The Centrist Independent Voter supports this decision. To quote Justice Roberts: “The way to stop racial discrimination is to stop discriminating on the basis of race.” For a more nuanced discussion of our position on…
Moderate House Republicans Need to Push Back Against Freedom Caucus
It looks like the Republicans will have a slim majority in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kevin McCarthy hopes to become the Speaker of the House. The House “Freedom” Caucus is trying to extract concessions from McCarthy in return for their support. The Freedom Caucus is a far right group of roughly 47 Republicans in…
A Centrist Perspective on the 2022 Mid-Term Elections
No One Should be Popping the Champagne I don’t think that either party should be particularly proud of their performance during the 2022 Mid-Terms. The Democrats, faced with a bushel basket of bozo Republican candidates, managed to only lose control of the House and maybe keep their razor thin majority in the Senate. The Republicans,…
Should Inflation Be the Dominant Election Issue in 2022?
Both Republicans and Democrats talk about inflation. Neither has anything useful to say. A number of political analysts have observed that inflation has displaced other issues as the dominant issue in this election cycle. That may well be true, but should it be? The left at first tried to dismiss inflation as transitory. When that…
A New Group for the Rogues Gallery of Candidates
The Washington Post just published a story about 30 members of the Progressive Caucus of the Democratic Party who have urged Biden to bypass Ukraine and negotiate directly with Putin to end the war against Ukraine. This plays directly into Putin’s narrative about the war and has no chance of accomplishing a lasting peace. Anyone…
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