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No Labels has strayed far from its original mission, writes Richard J. Davis, who once actively supported the group. In fact, he writes, No Labels has become a "victim of its own arrogance." |
"When No Labels was founded in 2010, it had the admirable mission of promoting bipartisanship as a means to encouraging commonsense solutions," writes Davis. Davis supported that mission by attending No Labels meetings, hosting events to recruit new supporters and even becoming director of an entity created by No Labels to assist candidates in primaries who shared their vision of bipartisanship. But now Davis believes its "leaders are so convinced of the righteousness of their cause that they developed a dangerous tunnel vision." Davis first saw that tunnel vision in the group's reluctance to criticize Donald Trump; then in its insistence on balancing criticism of Republicans with criticism of Democrats – creating false equivalencies, he says. "Now the group's myopia is demonstrating itself in its third-party presidential effort" that could lead to a second Trump presidency. No Labels says it wants to prevent a second Trump presidency. If that's true, says Davis, "the only responsible course for No Labels is to abandon its third-party efforts." Read the op-ed at TheHill.com. |
Welcome to The Hill's Views & Opinions newsletter, it's Tuesday, March 19. I'm Daniel Allott, bringing together a collection of key opinion pieces published from a wide range of voices. |
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Op-eds exploring key issues affecting the U.S. and world: |
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By Alexander Motyl, professor of political science at Rutgers University-Newark |
There is discontent among frontline Russian soldiers. Desertions are on the rise and would be higher were it not for the extremely punitive consequences that failure to escape produce. Small wonder as well that the mothers, wives, sisters and girlfriends of the soldiers are openly demanding that their menfolk be brought back home. |
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By James D. Zirin, former federal prosecutor |
Judge McAfee, in Solomon-like fashion, ruled that either Willis and her entire office must step aside or that Wade could withdraw, thereby preventing any distraction that might compromise the merits of the case. Wade promptly withdrew, and so we beat on. |
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By Glenn Altschuler, Thomas and Dorothy Litwin Emeritus Professor of American Studies at Cornell University |
Emphasizing that immigrants "are poisoning the blood of our country," Trump wants to ban travel from Muslim-majority countries to keep "radical Islamic terrorists" — and anyone who sympathizes with them — out of the U.S. He has pledged to shut down the U.S.-Mexico border on "day one" and reassign troops now deployed overseas to secure it. |
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By Robert B. Miner, West Point graduate |
By including the Army values in its mission, West Point is looking to the future, both of cadets soon to be leading soldiers, and of itself as an institution. For an army that has been accused of always fighting the last war, the change is refreshing. |
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