https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/04/the-center-will-be-the-big-winners-on-wednesday/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 06:31:40 -0400<![CDATA[The reason the center-left/center-right bloc is dominating this election is because it intuitively knows that the only way our country can progress is with some grand bargains forged at the center. One is a package deal that slows entitlement and defense spending, raises taxes, invests in infrastructure, education and research and institutes tax reforms that unleash more entrepreneurship — all in the right sequence and scale — so the economy is nursed back to health. Another is a deal on immigration reform. And a third is a deal that opens the way to exploit our newfound bounty of natural gas, but with a plan that is environmentally sound and doesn’t divert us from our long-term goal of a clean-energy economy that mitigates climate change.]]>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 11:20:34 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/04/the-center-will-be-the-big-winners-on-wednesday-n97174