A Comity Tonight! No Labels Watches the SOTU
Published: Jan 26, 2011
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As members of New Haven’s branch of the national “No Label” movement, which seeks to encourage civil discourse across party lines, gathered to watch and critique President Barack Obama’s “State of the Union” speech on Tuesday night, they and the president faced the same question: This all sounds great. What are you actually going to do?
It is the one question that “No Labels” supporters, who advocate for unity of Americans around a “shared purpose” separate from party lines, know could threaten their coalition.
“Sooner or later you’re going to have to take a position, and some people are going to leave,” said New Haven businessman Brett Hellerman, the Republican co-chair of the CT’s “No Labels” chapter.
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