Mario Piperni.com: The political center

 This is where the political center is in the US because of a shrill minority

Steve Benen wonders on what basis do Republicans contend that any movement to the political center should be limited to Democrats.

After the 2006 cycle, did Republicans “pivot”? How about after the 2008 elections? Last year, voters elected a Democratic Senate for the third consecutive cycle, did McConnell and his GOP colleagues conclude that it’s time to “pivot”?

How about this year, with polls showing the president’s support growing, and Americans preferring the White House’s vision to Republicans’?

I continue marvel at the expectations: President Obama, we’re told, is supposed to take steps to prove his moderation and commitment to working with Republicans, even while the GOP keeps moving to the right, even as Republicans show no similar commitment in the other direction.

Rightardia believes we are in a constant state of war because the US political system is far to the right of the rest of the world. Many countires have, in fact , rejected the corporatist liberal model of the US. 

The US took the place of the Germans after World War 2 and is trying to force this corporatist model on countries that don't want it. 

This is essentially what happened to some Latin and South American countries when Ronald Reagan was president.

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