(08-27-2018 01:33 PM)aTxTIGER Wrote:  

(07-24-2018 02:41 AM)Owl 69/70/75 Wrote:  

(07-23-2018 08:31 PM)tanqtonic Wrote:  I would hazard to guess with the leftward shift in the Democrats under Obama, there has been a more than decent amount of self-immolation of centrists in that party.
I can’t think of more than 2 or 3 national figure Democrats that could be even labeled anywhere near moderate or centrist.

I can think of one, maybe—Joe Manchin. Who would be your others?

If we are just talking about the Senate, Manchin, Donnelly, Heitkamp, and Jones voted with Trump/GOP 50% or more in this Congress.
In the House, Cuellar(TX), Peterson(MN), Lamb(PA), Gottheimer(NJ), O'Halleran(AZ), and Sinema(AZ) have voted with Trump/GOP 50% of the time.
On the GOP Senate side, no GOP senator has against the GOP/Trump line more than 26%(Rand Paul). Susan Collins is next at 21.1%
For the House, Walter Jones(FL) has voted against the GOP/Trump over 50% of the time. Justin Amash was close at 46.7%
I would contend that, minus a few more here or there, that this is the moderate caucus in the Congress. Maybe a dozen total from both parties in both houses. That's sad.

That's about the list of people in congress for whom I might have any respect. Rand and Amash would be #1 and #2 for me. Total of 14 out of 535. 2.6%. Pretty pitiful.