David Corn: political hate machines are wrong depending on their targets

David Corn at Politics Daily is up in arms as 2010 fades into memory. He wants to know if POTUS can beat back the Obama hate machine in 2011.

I seem to recall that Corn was a vocal part of the Clinton hate machine in 2008 that went all out to destroy Bill and Hillary in order to assure Obama’s nomination. Guess David Corn thinks hate machines are wrong depending on their targets.

It’s the hate machine mentality that No Labels hopes to replace in the American political process with the radical notion of civility and cooperation in moving the nation forward.

The Founding Fathers had no labels. There were no political parties when they wrote the U.S. Constitution.

Here’s the New Year’s Eve update from No Labels:

Dear No Labeler--

From all of us at No Labels, we hope you’re getting to spend time this week with your loved ones and close friends. While the political world is mostly quiet, we’ve been hard at work planning for an exciting January and an incredible 2011. There’s a lot of hard work ahead for all of us, but we can’t wait to get going.  We're sending you this message because you've taken the first step by signing up to join us online or at a No Labels event, and we're counting on you to continue forward with us in the weeks and months ahead!

Join us on Monday, January 3rd for our weekly Citizen Leaders’ call to get the New Year going. We’ll be telling you all about our plans for the first meetups and sharing some exciting news about what we have planned for January. Please click here by Sunday at 12:00 EST to RSVP for the call and receive the dial-in.

In the meantime, while you’re wishing your friends a healthy 2011, make sure they’ve signed the No Labels Declaration so our democracy can be healthier too!

Sincerely,

Nancy Jacobson & Mark McKinnon
Co-Founders of No Labels

P.S. To remind you of how far we’ve come, we’re including three of the many pieces written about No Labels in the past few weeks. We have momentum!

A No Labels solution to Washington gridlock?
Can a centrist movement succeed?
Editorial: A welcome addition to the civility trenches