Now to find candidates Re: “The American Middle — Extremists on both sides are dividing Americans for power and profit. We can change that.” Sunday Opinion. Thank you for this editorial. I was a longtime Republican, but for the past several years I have felt that there were no elected representatives, at any level of government, who reflected my views and beliefs. Much like political commentator George Will expressed, I had not left the Republican Party, it had left me. Conversely, I could not align myself with an ever-left leaning Democratic Party. In a world of increasing political extremism, it...