Sentences with phrase «centrist big tent»
Pat Barrett is the personification of moderate Republicans merging with a majority of the Democrats for a new centrist big tent party!
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I agree that as it stands right now, the Democratic party is still very much a big tent with the levers of power being held by the centrists, i.e. the Clintons / Obamas.
As with centrist and progressive counterparts, conservative reformers must decide if their greatest concern is with building brighter futures for all children (and working in the big tent that is the reform movement), or with adhering to first principles that may not always match up with the reality of the education crisis (as well as disturbing the relationships they have with their ideological counterparts).