Survey: Country in midst of centrist era

Barack Obama's presidency has ushered in an era of centrism, with the country experiencing such a boost in independent voters that they now make up the largest proportion of the electorate in 70 years.

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Correction: Obama-Centrist Politics story

In a June 29 story about a meeting of the Democratic Leadership Council, The Associated Press erroneously reported Democratic Sen. Tom Carper's home state. He is from Delaware, not Maryland.

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Group with Clinton connections ready to back Obama

By rights, a group that helped elect Bill Clinton president and counts Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton as one of its leaders should be hostile territory for Barack Obama. But members of the Democratic Leadership Council seem ready to embrace Obama rather than risk squandering an opportunity for victory this fall.

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There are many debates among progressives now on the true nature of Barack Obama.

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Let Obama Be Obama - An Open Letter To the President of The United States

Mr President, You have, no doubt, a team of political consultants you've hand-picked to advise you on all manner of policy, message, and strategy issues. Respectfully, sir, you need a new staff.

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This is an excellent article, and it mirrors something I have been thinking for a very long time.

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"This week's polls are a disaster for President Obama. The Rasmussen poll has his approval dropping to 45 percent, after several weeks at 49 percent. The Zogby poll has it even lower -- at 42 percent." "Worse yet, he's losing his political base," the article continues.

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"Republican Sen. Olympia Snowe has shown throughout her career that when it comes to voting, it's her principles and constituents that guide her, not her party."

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excerpt: ""Paul Krugman and Robert Reich both made some really great points during the panel discussion on This Week on the reasons for some real reform of the insurance industry, the mistakes made by the President in negotiating with the Senate, and the notion that there is a n …

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Freedom is at stake, will Obama be for it or against it?

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For the first time independents outnumber the Democrat party and Republican party. This according to the Pew Research Center. The centrist group will give the two largest political parties much to consider.

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Senator Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania said on Tuesday he would switch to the Democratic party, presenting Democrats with a possible 60th vote and the power to break Senate filibusters as they try to advance the Obama administration's new agenda.

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Is There Hope For American Politics? Ask The ACP

How many times have you gone to the polls and realized you were not picking the candidate you believed in; you were simply choosing between the lesser of two evils? That has been my voting process since...well, since I voted in my first election in...just believe me when I say it …

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President Obama is facing mounting pressure from his party's left flank to cut defense spending so more money can be spent on social programs.

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ep. G.K. Butterfield and Sen. Kent Conrad cosponsored the Employee Free Choice Act when it was introduced in the last Congress. This year? They both seem to have ... other things to do. "I'm still sorting things out," says Butterfield.

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What do you call someone who eliminates hundreds of thousands of American jobs, deprives millions of adequate health care and nutrition, undermines schools, but offers a $15,000 bonus to affluent people who flip their houses?

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With a president they view as more sympathetic to their causes, progressive religious activists are pushing the new Obama administration for aggressive action - on poverty, the environment and social justice issues - that would mark a significant shift in the faith agenda that do …

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Barack Obama wants to give the economy a jolt. So far, though, the biggest jolt we've seen is the one the economy has given to Obama. That jolt, in the form of a plummeting stock market, upset Obama's desire for a leisurely transition.

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Judging by polls, it would seem that Barack Obama will be our next president. Monday's Washington Post-ABC tracking poll, for example, showed Obama even winning 22 percent of conservatives and getting 12 percent support among Republicans.

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Why I am voting for Obama

I had planned to post this article to Facebook, but they have blocked my notes application (bug or some ridiculous notion about too many posts). For some of you, nothing I write here is a surprise.

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The two men's life stories appeal to different groups. Mr McCain is a war hero who endured years of torture in Vietnam. He has often defied his own party in pursuit of centrist policies, such as banning torture, welcoming immigrants and tackling climate change.

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Indiana looks to be in play for both campaigns, and many swing voters appear to be taking a long look before deciding on their vote.

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Dispense with the the how and why questions. Questions like, "How could you possibly believe that?" and "Why can't you see how wrong you are?" won't get you anywhere. Instead, pose "what" questions.

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A centrist caucus may be growing in congress as America heads to the polls fed up with partisan politics as usual. So...what took them so long? And what can we do to push this further along?

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Okay, first, this is not some kind of 500 question psych test. It is very short, and to the point. There are a couple of drop down bonus questions, but you do not have to answere them.

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The World has already changed, Obama is just playing CatchUp

Around the World, Joe Soap is putting his hand up and saying "screw you".

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Here are a few examples, according to Gallup polls taken over the last eight years:

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What Bull Riders and Bull Dykes Have in Common...

(The names have been changed to protect the innocent and the guilty and the yet to be indicted)

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