A coalition of Democrats, Republicans and independents from around the US has created a new group in the hopes of reducing political partisanship.
About 1,000 people joined the group, called No Labels, in New York for its first meeting at Columbia University.
Independent New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Democratic Senator Joe Manchin of West Virginia were among those who attended the event.
The group says it hopes to have an impact on the 2012 presidential vote.
The founders of the organisation claim No Labels is not a third political party but rather a home for those in the US who have felt homeless amid the recent growth of both liberal groups and the Tea Party movement.
Republican officials who were defeated in November's mid-term elections, such as Florida Governor Charlie Crist and Delaware Representative Mike Castle, were also in attendance at the inaugural meeting on Monday.
"We're for anybody who's disruptive of the current system," Republican political consultant and No Labels founder Mark McKinnon told the BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-11987647
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“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”
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These things always seem good in theory, then the group has to take a position and even the center has opinions on how things should get done. I think that most people agree on the result on most things, but they disagree on how best to get there. Good schools, sensible budgets and low deficits, etc. are all common results sought; people differ on getting there. Real differences exist on using the tax code to promote a view of social fairness, when to use military force, and a host of social issues. It is hard to get all of your goodies in one store, you know.