Do We Need a Moderometer to Push for Centrism?
As we transition from the primary campaign to the general election, there is a struggle for the souls of both presumptive nominees. Both Barack Obama and John McCain came to national prominence as...
View ArticleThose Standing in the Center Don’t Always Get Run Down…
It is not easy being a moderate. I have been shamelessly shilling for my book Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents since launching it last Monday. Correction: I have been...
View ArticleKeep the Campaign Centered By Limiting the Battlefield
Despite both presumptive nominees’ rhetoric about center-seeking, if moderates do not figure out how to push from the center for centrist leadership, this campaign will degenerate into another divisive...
View ArticleLeading From The Center…
A concept so simple, even children can understand it? Thanks kids!
View ArticleMemo to Arianna Huffington: The Middle is Good for Obama — and America
Arianna Huffington’s slam on centrism - “Memo to Obama: Moving to the Middle is for Losers” — proves that the struggle for the soul of Barack Obama continues. Moderate voices must stand tall and strong...
View ArticleLet’s make our nationalist roots continue to grow
Newsday, July 6, 2008 BY GIL TROY | Gil Troy is a professor of history at McGill University. His new book is “Leading from the Center: Why Moderates Make the Best Presidents.” The Democrats’ dilemma,...
View ArticleCan Barack Obama lead the US from the Center?
Troy Kids Promote Leading from the Center, Take 2
View ArticleMr. Obama, please find the center
From an online discussion on The Power Line Forum, July 9-10, 2008 Let’s distinguish between two different questions here. One, is Obama (or McCain) a centrist? What does that mean, is that a good...
View ArticleThe Moderometer
Quotation of the week: Thomas Jefferson: “In general, I think it necessary to give as well as take in a government like ours.” IN SEARCH OF MUSCULAR MODERATES AS LEADERS: We know how candidates get...
View ArticleIn Praise of Moderate Presidents
Historian Gil Troy talks about the promise of centrism in the 2008 presidential election US News and World Report By Johannah Cornblatt Posted July 14, 2008 When historian Gil Troy began writing his...
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