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A YouGov Blue survey release this week showed that 63% of respondents want “moderate Republicans” to work with Democrats to form a “bipartisan governing coalition.”

Semafor

A bipartisan majority of voters likes the idea of a bipartisan majority running the House of Representatives. A new poll of 1,186 registered voters by YouGov finds respondents favor empowering a bipartisan governing coalition by a 63-37 margin, including 63% of independents, 93% of Democrats, and 30% of Republicans.

Washington Examiner

As part of its "Flip Five" campaign, the Welcome PAC is working to encourage five of the 11 Republican representatives hailing from districts won by President Joe Biden in 2020 to join Democrats in selecting Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) as the next speaker

Daily News

Normal Americans want five Republicans to flip their votes to form a stable, bipartisan governing majority in the House of Representatives…

The Bulwark

The clash in the House Republican conference this Congress began with the prolonged speakership balloting in January, flared with the ousting of Kevin McCarthy last week, and even now is still stumbling along with uncertainty. But the basic reason for all this instability—the GOP’s prosciutto-thin majority in the House—also creates an unusual opportunity. Could pragmatists finally claim the leverage they need to defeat the extremists who have taken over the GOP?

DFER EdChats

“AOC has literally said sometimes our party is too big of a tent… Biden won by a couple thousand votes [in 2020]. We just lost the House by a couple thousand votes. Who are we trying to kick out?!”

Axios Denver

“What makes him weak with Democrats is exactly what the organizers at WelcomePAC, a big-tent Democratic group, see as his asset. The organization considers Frisch a platypus candidate, or political rarity, and wants to see more of his kind run for office as an antidote to the polarized national landscape.”

Fox News

“Lauren Harper and Garrett Ventry discuss whether any of the GOP candidates can compete with Donald Trump on ‘Fox News @ Night.’”

The Hill

“For example, The Welcome Party and Welcome PAC — organizations committed to creating a ‘big tent’ Democratic Party — are modeling a new centrist factionalism.”

The Bulwark

“The folks at WelcomePAC (a centrist Dem group), remind us that the far-left is far smaller than it looks: ‘The Democratic primary for mayor in Philadelphia is yet another data point showing that ultra-progressive appeal is limited to 1 in 5 voters, even in the most Democratic geographies in the country.’”

SiriusXM P.O.T.U.S.

“We know that less than a quarter of Democratic voters are in the far-left faction of the party… When it comes to Election Day, voters are still much more pragmatic and that’s why we saw the win with [Cherelle] Parker [in Philadelphia].”

The Liberal Patriot

“Contrary to the dominant media narrative, young people are a mainstream cohort, have nuanced perspectives on major issues, and should not be taken for granted by Democrats.”

FOX 5 DC

“Voters don’t necessarily know what Democrats are doing to change and affect their daily lives, so when we are able to get things done… that’s what people want most.”

Semafor

“AOC has literally said Democrats are ‘too big of a tent.’ We’re trying to highlight members of Congress like Abigail Spanberger, and Greg Landsman, and Shontel Brown. There's so many incredible centrist leaders on the Democratic side that don't necessarily get the same airtime as the Squad.”

Scripps News

“We're seeing that when Democrats are on strong things like crime and the economy, they tend to perform better.”

The Well

“Now, The Welcome Party, a new nonprofit trying to reassert the primacy of the center in the Democratic Party, has taken another look at the race, one it believes was eminently winnable — had party leaders in the state not had blinders on.”

Politico Morning Score

“It comes from PFP Research and was commissioned by The Welcome Party, a Democratic group that is pushing for a moderate candidate. In the poll, GOP state Sen. Jack Martins leads Democratic county legislator Josh Lafazan 43 percent to 36 percent.”

Newsweek

“Given the vast implications of unleashing a prolific nonsense machine ahead of a major election, it's unsurprising that ChatGPT's creator, OpenAI, waited until after the 2022 midterms to release it. But the genie is now out of the bottle, and generative AI will be everywhere by the next election.”