Politics

‘No Labels’ Political Group Looks to Capture Independents’ Support

A new political organization is looking to give the political left and right a run for their money. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an Independent, is joining a number of other Independents, Democrats and Republicans in launching “No Labels,” a group that hopes to solve some of the nation’s largest problems with non-partisan solutions.

According to CNN, the No Labels group held its official kickoff event Monday in New York with a series of panel discussions on hot-button issues. The group’s leaders and speakers all suggested finding common ground to help solve these issues without dividing the American public.

Besides Bloomberg, among those participating in the kick-off: Sens. Evan Bayh, D-Indiana; Kirsten Gillibrand, D-New York; Joe Manchin, D-West Virginia; Joe Lieberman, I-Connecticut; Reps. Mike Castle, R-Delaware and Bob Inglis, R-South Carolina; former Republican congressman Tom Davis and Republican Florida Governor Charlie Crist, who ran for Senate this year as an Independent.

MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were also on hand, along with New York Times’ David Brooks — each taking a turn at the microphone as featured speakers.

“Parties have a place, but party loyalty, I don’t think, should get in the way of doing what you as an elected official believes what’s right. I think that’s what most of the public wants,” Bloomberg told NBC’s Meet the Press Sunday.  The mayor’s involvement in the “No Labels” group is also creating speculation that he’s readying a 2012 Independent bid for president — a scenario he says he has no intention of pursuing.  “I’m not going to run for president, the job. I have a great job. I’m going to finish my 1,100 whatever number of days it is left go to, and I’ll leave the politics to the experts.”

The group’s stated intention is to “create a space where ideas can be judged on the merits, not their conformity to pre-fabricated stereotypes. The point is not whether America moves left or right; it’s whether we move forward. And that’s what the majority of Americans are yearning for.”

Despite the group’s well-intentioned pitch, many pundits aren’t biting. Salon’s Dave Weigel called the “No Labels” launch a “post-partisan trojan horse for generic liberal politics.” Likewise, the Christian Science Monitor suggests the “No Labels” group is a platform from which Bloomberg may announce a presidential bid.

What do you think? Does the “No Labels” message of anti-partisanship appeal to you?

Comments (173)

1 2 3 ... 5
  • Harvey
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 4:47am

    This is an attempt to take some of the tea partys support but they will never be sucessfull going about it this way.I once had a little respect for Joe Liberman after he left the democratic party but when he came back wagging his tail in submission like a whipped dog i lost it.This is another group of Socialist telling us they think we are so stupid we will fall for this.,what fools .

    Report Post »  
  • grahampink
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:56am

    Like don’t call us liberal?

    Report Post » grahampink  
  • daylee
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:35am

    It you are not willing to stand for something, you will fall for anything. NO,,,,NO,,,What the heck is that? I’m a Yes, yes I’m proud to be a TeaPartier, yes I’m proud to be a conservative and MOST important, yes I’m proud to be an American

    Report Post »  
    • mrsclark
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:57am

      Precisely! If you dont believe in something enough to stand up and say “this is what I stand for…..” then either you are weak and dont stand for anything and will fall for anything or you are trying to hide what you really stand for to trick people.

      But really, look at the people who are involved already, they are all progressive Republicans and progressive Independents who have just yet to change their names. Just keep an eye on them and watch the policies they advocate for, they will expose themselves soon enough.

      Report Post » mrsclark  
  • mrsclark
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:17am

    Sooo, forward, like Progress? Like Progressive? Or Lean forward, Like MSNBC??? Yeah, no labels…

    Report Post » mrsclark  
  • MikeWinVA
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:15am

    Follow the money. I wouldn’t be surprised if this was a Soros front group.

    Report Post »  
  • green_manalishi
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:05am

    If Charlie Crist is involved then “ No Values ” is a toxic failure and should not be touched with a 39 and a half foot pole( he he he). Crist was humiliated and embarrased and destroyed here in Florida.{ “Weren’t you boy?”} When Marco Rubio crushed him in the primaries he tried to go indy but started sounding more Obama than Obama. He would sell his own mother to capture power. There is no depth that he will not stoop to, no lie he will not desiminate, no ethic he will not corrupt so he can hold power of a progressive agenda. He is a had been and his days of reckoning and unemployment are just begining. Adios Muchacho.

    Report Post »  
  • burnteye86
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:03am

    We kicked Bob Inglis out of office here in SC and this is how he thanks us.

    Report Post » burnteye86  
  • IndyGuy
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:47am

    This is simply a ploy to draw voters away from the Conservatives…They are Progressives and need to be humiliated into oblivion…

    Report Post » IndyGuy  
  • cheezwhiz
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:13am

    MSNBC’s Dylan Ratigan, Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski were also on hand, along with New York Times’ David Brooks
    ———————-
    Awwww …The first thing that comes to mind when looking at these names is “ independents”
    Oh BTW Osama bin laden is a born again Christian too..

    Report Post » cheezwhiz  
  • New-American-Saviors
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:05am

    Another Leftist PLOT to divide the Conservative Vote. No Credibility or support from here !

    Report Post »  
  • Randyrocker
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:52am

    Don’t be deceived. This is the same elite who through their previous Bilderberg, Council on Foreign Relations (CFR) and Banker Cartel elite (Rothschild and Rockefeller gang) are looking to once again deceive the American public and corral the people into breaking away from the Tea Party, the Republicans and even some of the Democrats that would forgo their present ties to join in this new ‘No Labels’ con act that hopes to party on America’s dissatisfaction with the pathetic performance of the parties of the day. Do not buy into this or allow yourselves to be deceived by their charms as you will soon start seeing from the media left that bought Obama and are now disappointed and left out in the cold by his poor performance as their puppet. These rounders still think of Americans as a flock of sheep ripe and ready to be sheared for all their worth. The FED owns these folks outright and they want you to fall hook line and sinker for them. Don’t do it.

    Report Post »  
  • AVENGEKAL007
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:42am

    A communist,is a communist,is a communist,just new names for the same old game. Socialist,marxist,liberal,progressive,no labels, all parties, multi-cultural, politically correct, forward progressionist,green jobs czar,enviormentalist, still a communist.

    Report Post »  
  • Joseph_Plumb_Martin
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:38am

    Symbols are for the simple minded

    Report Post » Joseph_Plumb_Martin  
  • isobamamadd
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:36am

    As a long time Independent ,don’t be sucked in by these liberals . because there are no real conservatives , Real Conservatives would end everything the Progressives have Done in 100 years .I want as an Independant/ Government out of our Schools, dismantle the Job killing EPA.. Close the Border ,, BOOT the United Nations out of this Country and send it to Russia where it belongs , Give all Government Lands back to the State in which the Border Contains that Property or Minerals. States Collect all Taxes / to be sent to the Fed so they can only spend what is given to them// so that the States Dictate Policy not the Federal Govt .. End overgrown Beauracracy ..

    Report Post »  
  • MeteoricLimbo
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:32am

    wondering what their “label” will look like..

    Report Post » MeteoricLimbo  
    • Moment of Clarity
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:10am

      their logo will be a rat maybe …. or a sheep (as in “wolf in sheep’s clothing”)

      Report Post »  
    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 4:48am

      This is what their label will look like

      http://depts.washington.edu/natmap/facts/long_tailed_weasel.jpg

      Report Post » cheezwhiz  
    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:25am

      when they got all that they want………..hammer and sickle

      Report Post » RepubliCorp  
    • sconnolly
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:33pm

      LOL, on Rush today he said thay they apparently stole their logo. I would think all those rich liberals.. er progressives… er no labels… could afford to pay a graphic artist for one….

      Isn’t bloomberg the guy who is waging war on soup and salt? Center my arse…..

      When will they learn that they can change the words/names all day long but nothing really changes. Do they really believe we are that stupid?

      Report Post » Progessives=Fail  
  • joseph Fawcett
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:25am

    Forward = progressive (progress) they are changing thier name again. I want the country to go back to the foundation of freedom, get goverment and these people OUT of our lives and leave us alone. Their job is just to protect the borders, and our lives. Not to work out trade agreements or anything else. I like to work out my own trade agreements. I want these people to shut up, get out of my life and leave me alone.

    http://www.josephfawcettart.com western artist

    Report Post » joseph Fawcett  
    • AzDebi
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:47am

      Hey Joseph…visited your website…particularly loved “Pondering” and “Hair and Whiskers”…what a wonderful gift you have my friend…I too have been deeply touched by the rugged western lifestyle…something so simple and yet so complex…not for everyone…I was part of “corporate” America for years and then I found horses…have a motley crew of rescued horses and the best part of my day is spent in their company…God Bless You and may he continue to inspire you!

      Report Post » AzDebi  
  • thepatriotdave
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:24am

    “Does the “No Labels” message of anti-partisanship appeal to you?”

    No!

    You gotta stand for something.

    PatriotShops.com

    Report Post » thepatriotdave  
  • Romanticpoet
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:22am

    No-Labels are the Progressives just reinventing a name. If it walks like a duck (Socialist) and quacks like a duck (Marxist)……its a progressive.

    Report Post »  
  • booger71
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:20am

    No labels=no honor.

    Report Post » booger71  
  • MrButcher
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:19am

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkActP-isE

    Report Post » MrButcher  
  • rojotx
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:16am

    So lets see, no labels=moderates! hmmm, Me remember some Moderates that just got voted out!

    Report Post » rojotx  
    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 4:08am

      Remeber the
      Coffee Parties ?
      Where are they now ?

      Report Post » cheezwhiz  
  • republitarian
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:16am

    Labels are a badge of honor. I wear mine with pride.

    Report Post » republitarian  
  • Richio
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:12am

    I don’t want to compromise my principles to appease the left.

    Report Post »  
    • nothingbuthetruth
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:49am

      Right on Richio,,,, This is not what it appears. They are a bunch of RINO’s representing the Republicans as if they were true republicans and a bunch of democrats trying to fool people. Probably funded by soros

      Report Post »  
  • NickDeringer
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:12am

    No Labels = Progressives

    You can change your name all day. Your values give you away.

    Report Post » NickDeringer  
    • thepatriotdave
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:22am

      New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg can go to hell!

      This group has as much chance of going somewhere as much as I stand a chance of dancing on Broadway. Not gonna happen!

      Unless of course this is a progressive ploy to draw potential independent voters away from a future GOP presidential run.

      PatriotShops.com

      Report Post » thepatriotdave  
    • MrButcher
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:31am

      i disagree

      run wild

      run free

      anrachy…

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkActP-isE

      Report Post » MrButcher  
    • Dakota
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:42am

      A loser is still a loser by any other name. Seen it a million times; a bunch of self righteous politicians who can’t do anything else but politics. It is the classic leader that yells out. “Hey wait for me, I am your Leader!” How pathetic. The group is comprised of people who continuously compromised their “principles” to try and get elected. Who in the hell will ever follow them? Watch Bloomberg try and lead this thing. Like Bugs Bunny used to say, “What a maroon!”

      Report Post »  
    • cheezwhiz
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:07am

      New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, an Independent,
      —————————
      an independent ?
      HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAHAHHHAAAAAHHHAA
      The sharia financier who blames Times SQ car-bombing on TEA partiers ? He is an independent ?
      Really ???
      The d-bag who wants to build a rabat @ G-0 is an independent ?
      Really ??
      Sure. Why not ?
      And Baanee Faank looks sexy in a 2-piece bikini

      Report Post » cheezwhiz  
    • IVillageIdiot
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:10am

      Judge the tree by the fruit it doth produce….

      Report Post » IVillageIdiot  
    • C.ChristieJ.Bolton2012
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:39am

      I do think its weird how these groups pop up after major Republican electoral wins. Can you smell what the liberals are cooking? Its more dog crap, that’s what it is.

      Report Post »  
    • RepubliCorp
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 5:17am

      They love Obama & Clinton…… but no labels here
      Is anyone this dumb?
      Lib-lite & Rhinos ………. looking for a home
      “grassroots movement” < my A$$

      Report Post » RepubliCorp  
    • KICKILLEGALSOUT
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 6:42am

      This is ignorance that there is a middle ground or a gray area. There is only truth or lies, black or white in this world. You either fight for what is true and right or you are contributing to what is a lie and that which is evil. As soon as you think you will sit in the middle there is no middle you are really sitting on the side which is a lie and which is evil because you are not standing and fighting for what is good and is the truth!

      Report Post » KICKILLEGALSOUT  
    • bolec slodkie
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:13am

      No lables = useful idiots

      Report Post »  
    • guyperram
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:23am

      What a load on nonsense. You either believe in the principles of our Constitution, or you believe in whatever form of Socialism/Marxism your selling today. These guys are looking for the muddle headed lazy fools that are silly enough to buy into their nonsense. These fools are also the ones that believe the Government will “provide” for them. The dumb progressive is leading the dumber followers.

      Report Post »  
    • tower7femacamp
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 7:57am

      there is only on party in power, and his name is Lucifer.

      Carrol Quigley theorized:

      …it should be possible to replace it, every four years if necessary, by the other party, which…will still pursue, with new vigor, approximately the same basic policies.

      Hillary Clinton CFR/Trilateral Commission/Bilderberg Group
      Barack Obama CFR (His wife Michelle is on the Chicago Board of Directors CFR
      offices)
      Chris Dodd CFR
      Joseph Biden CFR
      Bill Richardson CFR
      Welsey Clark CFR
      Newt Gingrich CFR
      Dick Cheney CFR
      Mitt Romney CFR (His top advisor for terrorism is from BLACKWATER and who was
      under investigation by the CIA, and as of today found GUILTY.)
      Mike Huckabee CFR
      John McCain CFR
      Rudy Giuliani CFR (His legal firm has ties to the NAU)
      Bill Clinton CFR
      Condeleeza Rice CFR
      Donald Rumsfeld CFR

      Things You Need To Know: Ron Paul has a 10-TERM voting record you can look at. He DOES NOT WAFFLE! He’s voted AGAINST the following:
      the IRAQ WAR;
      the PATRIOT ACT;
      the NATIONAL ID CARD;
      & REGULATING THE INTERNET.

      USE your God given ability to Reason.
      33 goyim
      http://www.informantnews.com/brief/33rdparallel.html

      Report Post » tower7femacamp  
    • 13GenAmerican
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:21am

      Patriot Dave, I think you’re the first to “hit the nail on the head”. Florida Gov. Charlie Crist became independent because he knew he couldn’t win the Republican primary for the Florida Senate seat. In doing so, he did pull many votes away from the Democratic candidate Meek during the general election. Meek wasn’t even a close third in the election. This is another ploy by the Dems to pull votes away from Republicans in any way they can.

      Just look at that list of names, review their voting records, and you will see they can call themselves “No Labels” all day long…………but, if it looks like crap, smells like crap, and tastes like crap……..then it’s more liberal BS.

      Report Post »  
    • GeauxAlready
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:34am

      not right, not left. JUST WRONG lib trap

      Report Post » SpankDaMonkey  
    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:35am

      @NickDeringer Agree.

      On a much more humerous side note… Isn’t “No Labels,” in itself, a label? What a fail name. lol

      Report Post » @leftfighter  
    • tobywil2
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:54am

      The only relevant question is freedom or tyranny.

      THE POLITICAL SPECTRUM:
      Fascism, Communism, Socialism, the Tribal Chief – Witch Doctor and King are simply different names for tyranny. The only difference is the title of the tyrant and the rhetoric. To see the real political spectrum, click on the following link: http://commonsense21c.com/political-spec.html

      Report Post » tobywil2  
    • JKN
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 8:58am

      If Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the Progressive Globalist with plenty of money invested in the Muslim world, is involved with this, then I want nothing to do with it…

      Report Post » Jackers  
    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:08am

      The GOP needs to grow some stones, we gave them a very clear mandate. Do not go back to politics as usual, and do not give in to the wussy whining of progressives, nor their attempts at intimidation or guilt tripping. Enough already.

      Report Post » GhostOfJefferson  
    • Wiz001
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 9:27am

      Correct you are… Just have to read the one statement in that article to understand that they were clueless as to why the Tea Party developed out of no where.. “Parties have a place, but party loyalty, I don’t think, should get in the way of doing what you as an elected official believes what’s right. I think that’s what most of the public wants,” This is how delusional these idiots are.. they believe “we the people are so ignorant we can’t possibly know what is good for us.. They (sitting in their Ivory tower) have all the answers for the ones the lord over…

      God Bless Our Troops and Hope all has a Merry Christmas

      Report Post »  
    • gwinfrey
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:01am

      Look at the names involved. Do they truely represent center values that most of us would support? Not even remotely likely! Castle, the most liberal Republican in congress, Christ, the BIG government governor and sore loser. I am surprized that Murkowski was not there as well. She would have been had the unions not corrupted the Alaskan race in her favor.

      Report Post »  
    • @leftfighter
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:14pm

      Congrats! You beat Rush to his monologue today.

      When Progressives were rejected, they became Liberals. When Liberals were rejected, they became Progressives again. Now that they’ve been rejected again, they want to drop their labels, to make us think they’re just like us.

      Now you can trash “no label” as your label. We still know who you are.

      Report Post » @leftfighter  
  • MrButcher
    Posted on December 14, 2010 at 1:10am

    if you don’t like and understand liberty and anarchy

    you

    don’t understand the world

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQkActP-isE

    Report Post » MrButcher  
    • pscully17
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:33am

      interesting: the party that made its living out of LABELING its opposition every derogatory name in the book, now, after a bloodshed loss of power, wants to set the ethical moral bar just below dignitary level. well, lets all give the Liberals a collective hearty F and U!! we won, no sit down and shut up! Thank uou.

      Report Post »  
    • FormerLib
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:53am

      I guess I‘m at a loss as to how it helps anyone to present a ’party’ that has no underlying principles but merely forms opinions on issues ala carte. When I was a kid, my dad called these ‘independents” jackasses who didn‘t know what they believed and couldn’t find their asses with both hands. It’s still true. The whole “both sides are right’ is a cowardly stand, and cannot be true. In the arena of ideas, let it be duked out and let the prevailing side win after making it’s case. I don’t know why we keep worshiping these mindless dolts and giving them so much power over every election, as if being undecided about something was a virtue.

      Report Post »  
    • poverty.sucks
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:16pm

      Once Liberals, then Progressives, now No Label? They’re a bunch of misfits.

      Report Post » poverty.sucks  
    • The Libertarian Atheist
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 12:50pm

      sooo.. he’s trying to capture the Tea Party? good luck with that.

      Report Post » The Atheist Libertarian  
    • independentvoteril
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 2:11pm

      I have a feeling they STILL don’t get it .. the party of NO.. thinks THEY are suppose to do what THEY think is right.. How about you do what the PEOPLE say is right.. I say NO .. to the party of NO..

      Report Post » independentvoteril  
    • american1st
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 3:42pm

      no labels = a AstroTurf progressive movement, the democrat party is so badly stained by progressive ideology, they want a new “no label” label to con the middle into voting for them again in-case the democrat name cant be saved……

      Report Post » american1st  
    • AmericanSoldier
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 5:54pm

      I actually support no label. I’ve been saying this for years. Why have a label? Especially during campaign and on the ballets? They can support their party and be right on line with their party‘s philosophy just don’t put D or R next to their names.

      I was listing to GB this morning as they discussed this. They mentioned, I believe, in NC they don’t want this “No label” because minorities wouldn’t know how to vote, since most would just vote D across the board. It was implied that these minorities are too stupid to know who to vote for unless you specified what their party is. I don‘t agree that they’re stupid but I do agree that a lot of people vote based on that label rather than who the person is, how principled they are and what they’re actually saying.

      Maybe, just maybe, without labels, people will actually have to pay attention to who they’re voting for. If they didn’t do their research and just showed up to the pole booth, what are they to do? Vote for the prettiest sounding name? The one that sounds more liberal? Maybe they can’t send bus loads of people to the polling stations to vote D across the board anymore. They’d actually have to remember all the names they need to vote for.

      I don’t get why everyone is opposed to no labels. Run on principles not party line!

      Report Post » American Soldier (Separated)  
    • davuf
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 10:52pm

      Your arguement is the Sex Pistols? I wouldn’t nessisarily rely on them for any type of rational thought.

      Report Post »  
    • davuf
      Posted on December 14, 2010 at 11:00pm

      American Soldier- It would be admirable to see a caniddate run on principle. There were several Republicans (not all) who ran on principle last election. I can say from the perspective down in Florida Charlie Crist si a sleazy polititican who goes whichever way the political wind is blowing. If the rest of that group are anything like him it is a party with a no labels campaign based on no values, no ethics and no direction. It’s easy to become frusterated, but the frustration comes from neither party actually standing up for their values or following through on their principles. I can understand the utter failure most republicans are in upholding their principles from 2000-2006 but what do democrats even stand for today? Spook special intrest billionairs and unions?

      Report Post »  
    • Zorro6821
      Posted on December 15, 2010 at 8:06am

      No labels that stand for nothing. What a joke. First there was the Coffee Party and now This! How desperate can the far left be.

      Report Post »  
1 2 3 ... 5

Sign In To Post Comments! Sign In

Sign Up For Our Newsletter!

Glenn Beck Radio

Listen to Glenn Beck 24/7 Listen Now
Restoring Love