What's it like in the middle ground of left-right politics?

[King of Chaos]

When it comes to left and right, what is the middle like?

Remember:
"Left, left-wing and leftist are generally used to describe support for social change to create a more egalitarian society. The terms Left and Right were coined during the French Revolution, referring to the seating arrangement in parliament; those who sat on the left generally supported the radical changes of the revolution, including the creation of a republic and secularization.

Use of the term Left became more prominent after the restoration of the French monarchy in 1815 when it was applied to the "Independents". The term was then applied to a number of revolutionary movements in Europe, especially socialism, anarchism and communism. The term is also used to describe social democracy and social liberalism."

"Right, right-wing and rightist are generally used to describe support for preserving traditional social orders and hierarchies. The terms Right and Left were coined during the French Revolution, referring to seating arrangements in parliament; those who sat on the right supported preserving the institutions of the Ancien Régime (the monarchy, the aristocracy and the established church).

Use of the term "Right" became more prominent after the second restoration of the French monarchy in 1815 with the Ultra-royalists. Today it is primarily used to refer to political groups that have a historical connection with the traditional Right, including conservatives, reactionaries, monarchists, aristocrats, and theocrats. The term is also used to describe those who support free market capitalism, and those who support some forms of nationalism, including fascism."
Source: Wikipedia

[MrHairyman]

Ask Bill Clinton and Tony Blair

[doug4jets]

It's weird. There are things about both sides I love and hate.
And other people in the middle might love the things I hate!
For example, I'm anti-war, anti-gun control = middle.
My brother is more pro-war and pro gun control = middle.
So I end up with opponents on the Left, Right AND Middle! Weird.
The flip side is, I also have allies on all points of the spectrum on any given issue.
Sorry if this is more 'micro' than what you're looking for.

[Jason Marcel]

The middle is recognizing that a marriage of the two can create unimagined profits for the free market while also recognizing the efforts of the average person.

The balance has been broken over the last decade, since the big business people did better than at any other time in history for them while the average person has felt like they've been left out in the cold.

Usually when hard times hit, you invest primarily in the people in order to stabilize things, but before we could even do that we had to bail out capitalism from totally collapsing because we gave those greedy people way too much control.

I'm a fiscal conservative/social liberal, and those are just the facts we have to deal with.

Unfettered capitalism touches upon anarchy in pretty dreadful ways for the economy, as we've learned, and if sensible regulations that help prevent it from abuse and collapse, than it makes perfect common sense to me. A little of one helps the other work even better, and it's that way on many issues.