Modern Whig: Florida Whig Party has left the MWP

As some of you may know, the FWP has left the Modern Whig Party. The FWP left, according to their website, because of an unfulfilled request for information from the leadership of the MWP. Although there have been disagreements between the FWP and the MWP, this temporary separation is actually a good thing for both entities. First, it gives the MWP time to determine whether or not the FWP is a centrist, moderate organization with the same goals tenants of the MWP. Second, it gives the FWP the necessary separation to fully focus on their candidates. They are currently running three candidates for national office, which takes a lot of time and money. And finally, it allows for a cooling off period.

When you get people that are this passionate about changing things, oftentimes you end up with disagreements and hurt feelings. Passion is a great motivator but can sometimes be harmful if things get out of hand. What the FWP did was exactly what they should have done. All of us involved with the Whig movement are passionate and emotional about this. We do not get paid but spend a lot of our off time trying to do something that has not been done before, and that is, build a viable, moderate national party. We get emotionally vested, deeply vested, in the party.

It will be interesting to see if the FWP remains separate and a MWP chapter is established there or if they come back to the MWP. But, regardless, their success as a third party can only help the MWP movement, and thus, I wish them the best of luck.