"No Labels" Movement Picks Up Where the Coffee Party Left Off

A group of politicians, many of them GOP losers to people who left the party, are starting the "no labels" movement that purports to eliminate the labels that divide us.  It's political cowardice that allows them to take liberal positions while claiming not to be liberals.  Jim Geraghty has some thoughts:

If I didn’t know better, I would think the whole “No Labels” movement was a giant, self-parodying prank.

I tuned in to the webcast of the group’s kickoff to hear a woman saying, “You just have to look to Arizona to see extremists who are trying to divide us.” I guess I know how the group feels about the Arizona immigration enforcement law. Of course, I thought the point of the group was to stop labeling people; but I guess it’s okay to label the overwhelming majority of Arizonans “extremists.”

Bruce Braley, D-Iowa, introduced himself “a proud Democrat… who is also proud that he grew up in a no-labels house in a proud no-labels town.” He continued to sing the joys of the label-free lifestyle in a manner that probably should make his constituents look to their shoes in shame: “The most important place I go every day is the House gym. Because there are no labels in the House gym.”

I can’t help but notice that the Republicans involved all lost primaries or fled the party: Bob Inglis, Mike Castle, Charlie Crist, Michael Bloomberg.

They can go ahead with their "no labels" movement, but people with the label "Republican" or "Democrat" are the only ones that will get elected.