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JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:17 PM Jul 2022

Former Republicans and Democrats to form new third U.S. political party

Last edited Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:53 PM - Edit history (1)

LOS ANGELES, July 27 (Reuters) - Dozens of former Republican and Democratic officials will announce on Wednesday a new national political third party to appeal to millions of voters they say are dismayed with what they see as America's dysfunctional two-party system.

The new party, called Forward, will initially be co-chaired by former Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang and Christine Todd Whitman, the former Republican governor of New Jersey. They hope the party will become a viable alternative to the Republican and Democratic parties that dominate U.S. politics, founding members told Reuters.

Party leaders will hold a series of events in two dozen cities this autumn to roll out its platform and attract support. They will host an official launch in Houston on Sept. 24 and the party's first national convention in a major U.S. city next summer.

The merger involves the Renew America Movement, formed in 2021 by dozens of former officials in the Republican administrations of Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush, George W. Bush and Donald Trump; the Forward Party, founded by Yang, who left the Democratic Party in 2021 and became an independent; and the Serve America Movement, a group of Democrats, Republicans and independents founded by former Republican congressman David Jolly.

The party, which is centrist, has no specific policies yet. It will say at its Thursday launch: "How will we solve the big issues facing America? Not Left. Not Right. Forward."

https://www.reuters.com/world/us/exclusive-former-republicans-democrats-form-new-third-us-political-party-2022-07-27/


Oh, ffs! This stuff only seems to hurt Democrats.

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Former Republicans and Democrats to form new third U.S. political party (Original Post) JoanofArgh Jul 2022 OP
Has Andrew Yang ever done us any good? calguy Jul 2022 #1
No. He's more interested in getting attention than actually helping this JoanofArgh Jul 2022 #6
Agree 100% calguy Jul 2022 #20
Yang. I expect nothing less of him. AllyCat Jul 2022 #2
Ugh mchill Jul 2022 #3
Double ugh. FalloutShelter Jul 2022 #5
Yay Mad_Machine76 Jul 2022 #4
Yang is as big a narcissist as Trump, Musk, etc. W_HAMILTON Jul 2022 #7
Yang Mad_Machine76 Jul 2022 #10
+1 JoanofArgh Jul 2022 #12
Yes, sore loser Yang can't seem to understand that... brush Jul 2022 #8
+1 Great point! JoanofArgh Jul 2022 #19
Mr Yang like every narcissist: Vote only for me Tetrachloride Jul 2022 #9
Bet it is funded by the right. applegrove Jul 2022 #11
You know it. Yang is such a disappointment. brush Jul 2022 #26
You'd win that bet for sure. comradebillyboy Jul 2022 #28
+1, uponit7771 Jul 2022 #39
Great! If they can just rope in Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, then the crew will be complete! NBachers Jul 2022 #13
Those folks are voter repellant. comradebillyboy Jul 2022 #29
When it comes to the Electoral College: a third party... davepdx Jul 2022 #14
Is Yang really a Dem? onecaliberal Jul 2022 #15
No WA-03 Democrat Jul 2022 #18
I mean I know he ran on the ticket, but what is his history? onecaliberal Jul 2022 #24
They best start at local levels. Otherwise, they're just shit-stirrers like the Greens. haele Jul 2022 #16
They're trying to spoil for Dems. onecaliberal Jul 2022 #23
Oh, sigh... paging the ghosts of Ross Perot and John Anderson. Ralph Nader to the front desk... n/t TygrBright Jul 2022 #17
I bet they can polish up some leftover Lyndon LaRouche turds for a twelfth shot at the Oval Office. NBachers Jul 2022 #21
Will its candidates take corporate dark money? vlyons Jul 2022 #22
Political parties don't work when formed from the top. There is no base. LiberalFighter Jul 2022 #25
+1 JoanofArgh Jul 2022 #27
No sizzle, no steak. BlueIdaho Jul 2022 #30
Look at the election of 1912. roamer65 Jul 2022 #31
Another "no party" redux PSPS Jul 2022 #32
one suspects a republican front group is forming,, not a third party nt msongs Jul 2022 #33
+1 JoanofArgh Jul 2022 #34
"Dozens of former officials in the Republican administrations of" Reagan, Bush 41 & 43, Trump Midnight Writer Jul 2022 #35
Alan Colmes LOL! JoanofArgh Jul 2022 #36
The devil is in the details. Define centrist. Let's see those policies Raven123 Jul 2022 #37
This is Bullshit and will only help the Fascists. texasfiddler Jul 2022 #38
This sounds very Republican lite Farmer-Rick Jul 2022 #40
This message was self-deleted by its author traitorsgalore Jul 2022 #41

JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
6. No. He's more interested in getting attention than actually helping this
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:24 PM
Jul 2022

country and Americans. The political system is dysfunctional due to gerrymandering etc but these people getting elected won't change that. The dysfunction is caused by one party.

Mad_Machine76

(24,355 posts)
4. Yay
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:23 PM
Jul 2022

Time to carve up the vote and throw more elections (likely) to Republicans, whom will just make things worse for everybody. Just refuse to vote for Republicans and elect more Democrats and the gridlock problem will be eventually solved.

W_HAMILTON

(7,813 posts)
7. Yang is as big a narcissist as Trump, Musk, etc.
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:25 PM
Jul 2022

He just doesn't have anyone that gives a shit about him.

As someone once famously said, "Andrew Yang should stop trying to make Andrew Yang happen."

brush

(53,471 posts)
8. Yes, sore loser Yang can't seem to understand that...
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:25 PM
Jul 2022

a political unknown who's never held office doesn't have much of a chance to get the Dem presidential nomination, or the mayoralty of New York City.

Guess it still escapes him that he maybe should've run successfully for Congress or the state legislature first instead of TWO OF THE HIGHEST PROFILE OFFICES IN THE LAND.

brush

(53,471 posts)
26. You know it. Yang is such a disappointment.
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:43 PM
Jul 2022

But I don't think we'll here much from them after this. They aren't even having a national convention until next summer, after the mid-terms. WTH is with that? Seems they'd want to make an impact before the mid-terms if anything?

NBachers

(17,001 posts)
13. Great! If they can just rope in Meg Whitman and Carly Fiorina, then the crew will be complete!
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:26 PM
Jul 2022

"Tulsi . . . Hello, is this Tulsi? Tulsi, this is Andrew Yang . . ."

davepdx

(222 posts)
14. When it comes to the Electoral College: a third party...
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:27 PM
Jul 2022

is for people really bad at math. The Law of Unintended Consequences with reign.

onecaliberal

(32,483 posts)
24. I mean I know he ran on the ticket, but what is his history?
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:39 PM
Jul 2022

Did he vote regularly? Which party?

I'm so tired of the attention whores.

haele

(12,581 posts)
16. They best start at local levels. Otherwise, they're just shit-stirrers like the Greens.
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:28 PM
Jul 2022

Every single successful political party in the US after around 1820 started at the local level. An most never got much past the local level, at that.

If a third party is eager to position itself only at the national level, without any actual policy or governance track record they can point to, then they're just playing spoiler to a mainstream political party.

The occasional Bernie Saunders or Angus King type is not the sign of strong national third parties. They are particular representations to those states or localities they come from.

Haele

NBachers

(17,001 posts)
21. I bet they can polish up some leftover Lyndon LaRouche turds for a twelfth shot at the Oval Office.
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:33 PM
Jul 2022

roamer65

(36,739 posts)
31. Look at the election of 1912.
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:48 PM
Jul 2022

Dems will benefit from it.

We will get around 42-45 percent of the vote consistently under a 3 party system.

PSPS

(13,512 posts)
32. Another "no party" redux
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 07:53 PM
Jul 2022

Our elections are defined in the constitution as the "winner take all" type. Thus, there can be only two viable parties. These occasional forays into fantasy land are just thinly-veiled subversion to help republicans. For proof of that, just look at the two people behind it: Yang and Todd-Whitman.

Midnight Writer

(21,547 posts)
35. "Dozens of former officials in the Republican administrations of" Reagan, Bush 41 & 43, Trump
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 08:08 PM
Jul 2022

plus former Republican Congressman David Jolly.*

"The party, which is centrist, has no specific policies yet". Centrist? Really?



*and Andrew Yang, who will be playing the part of Alan Colmes

JoanofArgh

(14,971 posts)
36. Alan Colmes LOL!
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 08:16 PM
Jul 2022

I think it's a bunch of Republicans who think the main party can't be turned around. These guys probably aren't authoritarians but I don't know if their policies are actually any better .

texasfiddler

(1,986 posts)
38. This is Bullshit and will only help the Fascists.
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 09:14 PM
Jul 2022

I would spread the word that this new group is against legalized pot and climate change policy. Repeat it over and over.

Farmer-Rick

(10,072 posts)
40. This sounds very Republican lite
Wed Jul 27, 2022, 09:23 PM
Jul 2022

All those officials from GOPers campaigns. The "centrist" label.

This is designed for disaffected GOPers who are now/were never Trumpers.

This will never attract the far left and the Dems on this board wouldn't be attracted to this crew.

I really think this will draw more Republicans then Dems away.

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