"The middle" is the opposite of hyperpartisanship, which is what we have now. The lack of an extremist viewpoint does not equal "can be anything it doesn't really mean anything."
I am a centrist, both from my own perspective and according to multiple political ideology tests I've taken. This means I am open to both conservative and liberal points of view and willing to consider the best both have to offer, but I will generally reject the far-left or far-right because they are usually driven my agendas serving the politicians, not what's best for the American people.
I am so fucking tired of hyperpartisanship. It doesn't help anyone except those perpetrating it on the public. We NEED people to come back to the middle, and you can do that without compromising your core principles and beliefs. And quit calling people traitors just because they are on the other side of the political fence than you are. It's uncalled for. Our differences are what make us stronger. As a great man once said, "Be excellent to each other."
But what people consider to be middle ground compromise is a variable position. If the constitutional states rights position is taken to be understood as far right their is a problem. That is a basic argument of the federalist papers and the reason for our bill of rights.
When the speaker of the house is asked about the ACA being constitutional she poop poop’s that away as and unimportant question.
When in the history of American political thought and law did health care subsidized by the federal government become the middle ground compromise position.
The middle ground in the sixties was JFK. In many respects he would be considered right wing today.
The middle of the constantly shifting wings of political thought is just as flexible and adrift as the wings.
When systemic racism is taught as fact and any disagreement towards it is castigated as white supremacy fascist doctrine. The middle IS a MOVING position.
The middle SHOULD be the constitutional statutes for gov action and prohibitions from the rest.
Shall be no laws that restrict the ownership of firearms or speech or federal involvement in states rights SHOULD be the middle.
other wise we will just continue to drift back and forth and be in disunion.
I’m not right wing I’m not left wing and I’m not the middle. I’m what ever is allowed by the constitution and opposed to what ever is prohibited by the constitution.
The federal gov is primarily to protect the boarders of the states and facilitate trade into the nation and between the states.
The rest everything else is mostly left to the states.
That’s the middle ground