Group of former GOP officials demand reforms, threaten 3rd party
If the U.S. no longer has a center-right party, perhaps some folks ought to create one? A group of disaffected Republicans is threatening to do so.
Miles Taylor, center, departs the Republican Caucus luncheon on Capitol Hill, on March 5, 2019.Alex Brandon / AP file
May 13, 2021, 2:24 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
By most measures, the United States is the only major Western democracy without a center-right political party. As we ve discussed, by international standards, American voters have a choice between a center-left Democratic Party and a Republican Party that s further to the right than almost any competitive party in the Western world.
Could a new, center-right political party realistically take shape?
If the United States no longer has a center-right party, perhaps some folks ought to create one? A group of disaffected Republicans apparently thinks so.
A voter drops an election ballot off at the Pitkin County Administration box in Aspen, Colorado, on Nov. 6, 2018.Anna Stonehouse / The Aspen Times via AP
Feb. 11, 2021, 4:03 PM UTC
BySteve Benen
Every Western democracy has a center-right political party except the United States. By international standards, American voters have a choice between a center-left Democratic Party and a Republican Party that s further to the right than almost any competitive party in the Western world.