The New Middle?

Daily Kos Staff

Monday January 15, 2007 · 11:23 PM PST

2007/01/15 · 23:23

Someone once said that politics is all about defining what the middle is. Democrats are now doing just that.

...Democratic Congressional leaders say they are committed to governing from the center, and not just on bread-and-butter issues like raising the minimum wage or increasing aid for education. They also hope to bring that philosophy to bear on some of the most divisive social issues in politics, like abortion.

In their first days in session, Senate Democratic leaders reintroduced a bill that they said was indicative of their new approach: the Prevention First Act, which seeks to reduce the number of abortions by expanding access to birth control, family planning and sex education.

The middle, according to the New York Times, is now reducing abortions by providing contraceptive and family planning services and actually educating children about sex. The middle, according the NYT, is protecting people from hate crimes and employment discrimination. I agree. This is the middle. It has always been the middle. But it's good that the media is finally catching up.

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