tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post8401536377003248775..comments2024-01-06T17:38:53.551-05:00Comments on Poli-Tea: Libertarianism v. Centrism?d.erishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-89460526556855528402009-06-15T13:27:07.910-04:002009-06-15T13:27:07.910-04:00You ask: "Would not a strong libertarian cand...You ask: "Would not a strong libertarian candidate for national office change our very notion of what or where the "center" is?" Derek replies with a philosophical definition of the center, but I assume your question was more demographic in nature. In those terms, the only answer to your question would be "yes," with the corollary that "you won't know until Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-26682180109380951882009-06-14T14:15:50.845-04:002009-06-14T14:15:50.845-04:00I think the Whigs stand a good chance of gaining g...I think the Whigs stand a good chance of gaining ground among moderates and centrists too. To qualify the question: what parts of a hypothetical Libertarian platform stand a chance of broader acceptance? The deficit and debt, as Kukasuleff suggests, would be two possibilities. I was thinking also opposition to 'foreign entanglements,' and maybe even some of their stances on social d.erishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186054212519025557noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5016245466912407364.post-154559222716329802009-06-14T12:15:40.716-04:002009-06-14T12:15:40.716-04:00When I think of the center I think of moderation. ...When I think of the center I think of moderation. A Burkean conservatism really. Organic reforms not change for sake of change and governing based on concrete knowledge not vague ideology.<br /><br />Getting rid of all social programs as suggested is, in my mind, in direct conflict with Burke. Libertarians will not go far with those sorts of ideas. America just wont have them at this junctureAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com