Putting Labels Aside: Not Left, Not Right, Just Forward

John Avlon is a founding leader of No Labels, an organization of citizens who are asking their leaders to put labels aside and do what is best for America. John Avlon was the youngest and longest-serving speechwriter in Mayor Giuliani's City Hall. After the attacks of September 11th, 2001, he and his team were responsible for writing the eulogies for all firefighters and police officers lost at the World Trade Center. He is senior political columnist for The Daily Beast, a CNN contributor, and the author of Wingnuts: How the Lunatic Fringe is Hijacking America as well as Independent Nation: How Centrists Can Change American Politics.