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Don’t dismiss the values of centrists

screen-shot-2016-12-03-at-7-45-42-amI’ve been floating in the center space that William A. Galston and William Kristol write about for a long time. Those who occupy center left and center right are often accused by those on the far left and far right as being fence-sitters, of having no core values. That’s offensively dismissive.

Those in the center can fairly be accused of sitting on the sidelines while the partisan left and the right duke it out. That’s been a mistake and we see the lack of good governance that results.

I love this in the duo’s Viewpoints column:

“The basic institutions and principles of liberal democracy are under assault. Many of us who are defenders of this distinctive form of self-government have tended to take for granted widespread agreement on these principles; we have had confidence in the strength of these institutions. This is a complacency we can no longer afford. …

Opportunity, security, accountability, ingenuity — these are the pillars of a New Center. We do not know what policies a New Center will yield. Nor can we predict what institutional form or even party alignment it will take.

But the alternative to a coherent and effective New Center is a degree of public discontent that could end by undermining democratic self-government itself. ”

 

 

 

 

 

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This entry was posted in Arizona, Civic engagement, National, politics on December 3, 2016 by Jennifer Dokes.

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