Reminder: New York Reasonistas! Come See Matt Welch Debate Whether We Can "Find Middle Ground" in America With Peter Beinart and No Labels' John Avlon Tonight at 6:30 pm!

Tonight, starting at 6:30 p.m., I will be participating in a New America Foundation debate/discussion at the CORE: Club on 66 East 55th Street. Here's the invite language:

Can We Find Middle Ground in Left vs. Right America?

As the election season approaches, we take a look at the current political climate. How might bipartisanship find opportunities to blossom? And where do the extremes of both Democrats and Republicans fit?

Participants

John Avlon
Founding member of No Labels, CNN contributor  
Senior Political Columnist, The Daily Beast

Matt Welch
Editor-in-Chief, Reason magazine
Co-author, The Declaration of Independents: How Libertarian Politics Can Fix What's Wrong With America

Peter Beinart  
Bernard L. Schwartz Senior Fellow, New America Foundation
Senior Political Writer, The Daily Beast
Associate Professor of Journalism and Political Science, The City University of New York

moderated by
Emma Gilbey Keller
Author, The Comeback: Seven Stories of Women Who Went from Career to Family and Back Again and Lady: The Life and Times of Winnie Mandela

RSVP to Victoria Collins at [phone] or via email at [e-mail]. Event is free. Alcohol will be served.

Some relevant links: the Amazon page and website for The Declaration of Independents (which comes out in two weeks!). Me last year, on "No Labels, and the Ideology of Post-Ideology." And Nick Gillespie last month, on why Peter Beinart's post OBL-killing column is a perfect example of "Why Americans Hate Politics, Politicians, & The Media."