'No Labels' Aiming for Political Middle Mark

(FOXNews.com) - One of the founders of the new political group "No Labels" says the organization is "not a third party effort," but a "grassroots movement of people outside the Beltway who ... don't feel like their voices are being represented" in Washington, FOXNews.com reported Sunday.

"All they see is the poison and the hyper-partisanship," Mark McKinnon said in an interview with Fox News.

A co-founder of the group and a Republican strategist who has advised Rep. John McCain (R-Ariz.) and former president George W. Bush, McKinnon added, "I don't think you will find many people who disagree that the environment in Washington is worse than it's ever been before."

"No Labels" officially launches Monday with an event in New York City expected to draw 1,000 people from all 50 states. Also expected in attendance are political heavyweights such as Mayor Michael Bloomberg (I-N.Y.), Senators Joe Lieberman (I-Conn.), and Evan Bayh (D-Ind.), along with Rep. Mike Castle (R-Del.), among others.

William Galston, a former Bill Clinton adviser and another co-founder of the group, says "No Labels" does not plan to endorse any particular candidate. At least not yet.

"We're not ruling that out," he said. "They will organize to support the politics they want to see from a Democrat or Republican or Independent. They're going to be calling out the kind of politics that they're sick and tired of."

Source: FOXNews.com