Boston Globe

A group of moderates and institutionalists — factions known for buckling to the party’s Trumpian right — pushed back, refusing to back ultraconservative Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio for speaker, even in the face of an intense right-wing pressure campaign.

The Lincoln Project

Host Reed Galen is joined by Liam Kerr, the Co-Founder of Welcome PAC, a Democratic-aligned PAC that applies insurgent tactics to support pro-democracy/center-left candidates in swing districts and also build a “big tent” Democratic party.

The New York Times

The chaos and infighting inside the G.O.P. has damaged the party brand, and many worry the candidacy of the hard-line Representative Jim Jordan has sealed the fate of some Republicans who backed him.

PennLive

He is a square peg that doesn’t fit in the round hole of that district, and I think this is the year coming up when that gets proven,” said Craig Snyder, a longtime Republican operative from Pennsylvania who will lead the anti-Perry group after successfully guiding Republicans For Shapiro last year.

The Messenger Politics

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.”