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Where Are The Moderates Online?
Rep. Stephen Urquhart, R-Utah, issued a challenge to political bloggers to have passionate discussions on middle ground rather than extreme political positions. "We need to push the conversation to the middle," Urquhart said. "Otherwise we're disenfranchising Americans and helping rot out the core."
But during questions and answers several audience members said that may be easier said than done. One said that it's easy to get people on one political extreme or another to talk than they middle. Her theory was the middle was just not passionate. Another chimed in that the attitude of many moderates is they'll pay attention and vote closer to the election.
Urquhart, however, questioned whether moderates were really apathetic or disgusted by the animosity in the political discussion.
Posted by Heather on May 18, 2007 03:42 PM | Permalink
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