Nathan Fletcher, a veteran marine and state legislator is now a candidate for mayor of San Diego. He announced he is leaving the Republican party.
Mark Thoma wrote No Room for Moderates. "We need two rational, competitive political parties. If this, and similar action from other moderates can help to bring Republicans back to sanity, that would be good for all of us."
David Brooks wrote, "Fletcher is the decided underdog in the June 5 voting. But he represents a nationally important test case. Can the Iraq and Afghanistan veterans, who were trained to be ruthlessly pragmatic, find a home in either political party? Can center-right moderates find a home in the G.O.P., even in coastal California? As the two parties become more insular, is it possible to mount an independent alternative?"
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