The Slick "No Labels" Plan to Duck Debate, Cut Social Security and Coddle the 1%

By Richard (RJ) Eskow

July 16, 2012 - 10:31pm ET 

The Jeff Daniels character from The Newsroom would know what to ask the operators of an allegedly "grass roots" group called "No Labels":

"Why won't you publish your list of donors?"
"What's wrong with having legislators debate the issues publicly? Isn't that how representative democracy works?"
"How can you call yourself 'centrist' when so many of your ideas are unpopular, and in fact are even too conservative for most Tea Party members?"

He might have another question, too:

"What's wrong with labels? Don't they let us know what we're buying?"