The Radical Center We Don't Need

When Americans Elect burst onto the scene it was a little too slick and financiall­y backed to be a legitimate Grass Roots Movement. It reminded me of the revelation that the Democratic Leadership Council (DLC) - which caused so many problems for the United States long term societal stability and economic health by adopting NeoCon and Market Fundamenta­list principles­, in a rejection of Populist tenets that defined the Democratic Party throughout the 20th Century - was backed by US Corporatio­ns and had a representa­tive of Koch Industries on its steering committee.



But the DLC did get their candidate in the White House, after a "populist" gig blowing the saxophone on Arsenio Hall.



Sure the DLC revitalize­d the Democratic Party, by abandoning its principles and adopting a repeal of Glass-Stea­gall as an exemple of the correct thing to do for the American people. Bah.



Now this push for a "Radical Center." Funny. It makes perfect sense that Thomas Friedman is a booster, he's made a fortune promoting the absurd. Let's be clear, "Radical Center" is an oxymoron. The center of America politics has always been inert, and it moves in relation to stimulus from the Right and the Left. The Right has had the benefit of a system that allows its voice to be the loudest for the last thirty years, so that is the direction in which the "Radical Center" has moved.
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