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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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centrist stories: 10 news summaries
Paul Krugman

Time to Pick a Side on Health Care Reform

House bill ain't perfect, but it's the best we're going to get

Oct 30, 09 7:58 AM CDT
(Newser) - No more fence-sitting or holding out for a better bill. “It’s the defining moment for health care reform,” declares Paul Krugman. “Everyone has to decide which side they’re on.” By everyone he means not only politicians but people in the media and other influencers.... More »

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Joe Lieberman • health care reform • Paul Krugman • centrist • public option

ANALYSIS

Kennedy Legacy Testament to Power of Compromise

US political system 'rewards negotiators'

Aug 28, 09 1:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - The political agenda outlined in Ted Kennedy’s speech at the 1980 Democratic convention was radical: Kennedy called for a policy of full employment, government intervention to “reindustrialize” American cities, and universal health care. Having lost the Democratic nomination, “his liberalism was unbound," writes David Brooks for... More »

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Democrats • Ted Kennedy • centrist • liberal • David Brooks • founding fathers

ANALYSIS

 GOP Looks to Centrists for 2010 

Candidates should 'fit their states': Cornyn

May 7, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - As the GOP eyes 2010, it’s turning to centrist candidates to restore its health—despite a “good riddance” attitude to the departure of moderate Arlen Specter, Politico reports. “I’m absolutely committed to recruiting candidates around the country that fit their states,” said National Republican Senatorial... More »

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Congress • Joe Biden • Arlen Specter • John Cornyn • Charlie Crist • centrist • moderate • President Obama • Election 2010 • Michael Castle

OPINION

 What the GOP Needs 
 Is a Bill Clinton 

Douthat: Way out of this mess is to find a new breed of moderate

May 5, 09 9:28 AM CDT
(Newser) - Republican moderates like Susan Collins, Olympia Snowe, and Arlen Specter are right that the GOP has a hole in the center, writes Ross Douthat in the New York Times. The problem is that they’re not the right kind of centrists to fill it. Yankee Republican moderates are either just... More »

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Bill Clinton • Arlen Specter • Republican Party • centrist • Gary Hart • moderate • Ross Douthat

(Newser) - Be careful, President Obama. Your poll numbers are high, but political danger lurks, writes Fred Barnes in the Weekly Standard. The moderate candidate has shifted left as president, just as Bill Clinton did to his own detriment, and an "embryonic" centrist-right opposition is stirring. “Obama may be fostering... More »

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Newt Gingrich • GOP • Bill Clinton • centrist • economic stimulus package • Obama administration • backlash • President Obama • economic downturn

ANALYSIS

 Solis Is Cabinet's 
 Lone Progressive 

Obama's Cabinet stocked with moderates—except Solis

Dec 19, 08 1:39 PM CST
(Newser) - Progressives are viewing Barack Obama's ever-so-centrist Cabinet with disappointment, except for the notable pick of union friend Hilda Solis for labor secretary, Politico reports. Solis, a rising star in the House who had been viewed as a potential Speaker, is the daughter of a teamster and a factory worker, and... More »

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Barack Obama • Cabinet • labor movement • centrist • moderate • Obama Cabinet • Hilda Solis • Ron Kirk

OPINION

 Klein: Obama's Team
of Rivals 'Strong and Wise'

Obama's rumored picks signal preference for diplomacy over militarism: Klein

Nov 21, 08 2:19 PM CST
(Newser) - If current rumblings are to be believed, Barack Obama’s national security team would be disparate indeed, consisting of Hillary Clinton at State, retired general Jim Jones as National Security Adviser, and Robert Gates sticking around as defense secretary. It’s an “extremely strong and wise,” team, writes... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Robert Gates • David Petraeus • foreign policy • Jim Jones • centrist • bipartisanship • President Obama • team of rivals

 Obama: Relax, I'm Not 
 Running to the Center 

Everyone's going to disagree with him sometimes, Dem says

Jul 8, 08 4:15 PM CDT
(Newser) - Calling himself "no doubt progressive," Barack Obama today addressed accusations he has shifted to the center, the New York Times reports. “The people who say this apparently haven’t been listening to me,” he said, going on to cite his support for universal health care and... More »

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Barack Obama • universal health care • flip flop • centrist • Iraq exit strategy • progressive

Clinton Loses Right-Wing Media Allies

As senator looks to
her left, conservative bedfellows are bailing

Feb 16, 08 7:51 AM CST
(Newser) - The conservative press, once a surprising ally for Hillary Clinton, is turning out to be about as loyal as the Democratic senator should have expected, Politico writes. Though long reviled by the far-right masses, Clinton once had the carefully cultivated respect of some rightish media players like Rupert Murdoch and... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • media • John Edwards • Rupert Murdoch • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • New York Post • centrist • right-wing media • David Brooks • Iraq war

Hizzoner's
Still Eyeing
an '08 Run

Won’t decide until March; what would
a $1B run look like?

Nov 5, 07 7:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Mayor Mike has been quiet on the presidential front lately, but don't think the billionaire former Wall Streeter is quite resigned to the sidelines yet. Bloomberg will wait until the Democratic and Republican nominees are settled, after Texas’ primary in March, his top adviser tells Newsweek in a cover story... More »

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Texas • New York City • New York • presidential primaries • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • centrist • Election 2008

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