OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS BROKEN
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OUR POLITICAL SYSTEM IS BROKEN
It increasingly offers up cynical, petty hyper-partisanship at the expense of practical solutions.
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HYPER-PARTISANSHIP A new brand of divisive politics called hyper-partisanship has poisoned our ability to effectively address the nation’s pressing problems.
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ELECTION 2008Red States vs. Blue States
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ELECTION 2008Political Reality by County
Today, if an elected official reaches across the aisle, they are attacked not only by their own party, but also by the other party, the political pundits, the media, the blogosphere, and extremist groups on all sides.
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OUR NATION IS AT A STANDSTILL
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Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC), John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT)
Today, if an elected official reaches across the aisle, they are attacked not only by their own party, but also by the other party, the political pundits, the media, the blogosphere, and extremist groups on all sides.
The electoral primary process is dominated bysmall groups on the far left and right, with less
than 12% of registered voters participating on average.
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LACK OF PARTICIPATION
Christine O’DonnellDelaware
RandPaul
Kentucky
BlancheLincoln
Arkansas
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Registered Voters:146 Million
Agree things are Broken:
100 Million
Want Bipartisan Solutions:80 Million
WE ARE THE MAJORITY
70% believe that our politics are broken
WHEN ARE WE STARTING?
We already have.
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THE NO LABELS LAUNCH EVENTin December 2010was attended by over 1,000 Citizen Leadersfrom all 50 states.
Mayor MichaelBloomberg David Brooks Senator Evan
BayhMayor Cory
BookerCongressman Mike Castle
Senator Joe Manchin
Mayor AntonioVillaraigosa
Joe Scarborough
MikaBrzezinski David Gergen
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THE LAUNCH SPEAKERSincluded elected officials and media personalities
THE LAUNCH MADE A SPLASH
Over 52 million media impressions, including:
JobsThe National DeficitEntitlement Reform EnergyEducationImmigrationJobsGlobal Competitiveness and Innovation
WHY WE MUST GET INVOLVEDMOST ISSUES WILL ONLY BE SOLVED
WITH REAL BIPARTISAN INTERVENTION
WHERE WE STAND NOW
We now have 150,000 members and are growing every day.
“No Labels” is now part of the national lexicon.
Leadership in nearly all 435 congressional districts.
Over 500 Citizen Leaders participated in leadership training.
The word “Bipartisan” is used more than ever.
MEDIA IMPRESSIONS SINCE MARCH OF 2011
March April May June July August0
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National Conversation with AmericaFeaturing Howard Schultz, CEO of
Starbucks
The September town hall focused on the crisis of confidence in our country, and the need for our officials to work across the aisle to find common sense solutions.
Had over 100,000 participants and received major media coverage. We plan to host a similar event this October.
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BUILD OUR ARMY100 million citizens believe that our politics are broken. We need to organize less than 1% of them to make our leaders listen to us.
MOBILIZE OUR ARMYE-mails, phone calls, town halls, and community outreach.
MAKE IMPACT
Engage 500,000 members across all 435 congressional districts.
UP NEXT…
Host a National Bipartisan Citizens Convention in the summer of 2012 to set the agenda for America.
UP NEXT…
UP NEXT…Develop a No Labels
congressional scorecard.
A CALL TO ACTION
Join the movement now by signing up at No Labels.org, and making your
commitments
Recruit 50 of your friends from your personal networks to join
Become an activist for No Labels, and respond to the action items we deliver
to our supporters
Donate today to keep the movement growing
Attend one of our gatherings:
o Citizen Leaders Meeting in Washington, DC on December 13th,
2011
o National Convention in the summer of 2012