Moderates 
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2/14/2021
The Balance of Power in 2021 Rests with Two Senators
by Michael Landis
The actions of pro-slavery northern "doughfaces" in Congress, led by Stephen Douglas of Illinois, helped to protect the expansion of slavery even as a national majority grew to oppose it. Today, Joe Manchin and Jon Tester will have to consider home state elections, their own conservative tendencies, and the fate of the Biden administration's policy agenda and act accordingly.
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SOURCE: The Nation
4/7/2020
When Centrists Sounded Like Bernie
by Ed Burmila
If today’s centrist, establishment Democrats are unwilling to hear warnings coming from the left, perhaps they will heed their own advice from an earlier era.
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SOURCE: Politico
11/7/19
One Big Thing the Dems Get Wrong About Warren
by John F. Harris
The political establishment loves the center. But it’s the radicals who end up writing history.
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6/24/18
Where Are the Moderates?
by Joyce Lee Malcolm
In tumultuous times like these, they have trouble gaining traction, as this example from the American Revolution shows.
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