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WEATHER FORECAST

Any Random Conservative Would Crush Snowe in 2010

Generic Republican wins 59%-31% in poll

Nov 10, 09 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Olympia Snowe could be in trouble in 2012: a new poll found that a generic conservative challenger would trounce the Maine moderate in a primary. The hypothetical conservative got 59% of the vote, while Snowe received just 31%. While it can be argued that results for hypothetical candidate have little... More »

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primary • Democrat • Maine • Olympia Snowe • moderate • senator

ANALYSIS

 GOP Bails on Its Feminine Side 

Purge of moderates will render party male-dominated

Nov 9, 09 4:47 PM CST
(Newser) - Rebelling conservatives pushed Republican Dede Scozzafava out of the House race in New York’s 23rd District because she’s a moderate. But she’s also a woman, and her ouster points to a toxic side effect of the tea party revolution: the closing of the GOP to all but... More »

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Rutgers • women • GOP • New England • Republican Party • Deborah Pryce • House Republicans • moderate • New York state • conservatives • Dede Scozzafava • 23rd District

Meghan McCain

Lieberman's 
Name Ain't 
Benedict 

We need more pols who cross party lines, says maverick junior

Nov 2, 09 1:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Joe Lieberman’s taking a lot of heat for saying he’ll join a GOP filibuster of the health care bill, but Meghan McCain thinks it’s the kind of courageous stand we need more of in politics. “It’s no secret I have an aversion to partisan politics... More »

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Joe Lieberman • filibuster • maverick • health care reform • moderate • Meghan McCain

OPINION

Obama Neglects a Powerful Presidential Tool: Fear

Opponents' ability to criticize with impunity hinders the president's effectiveness

Sep 13, 09 3:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has been praised for bringing a more conciliatory tone to the presidency after the with-us-or-against-us swagger of George W. Bush. But Obama’s preference for gentle negotiation and compromise leaves him less able to use an effective presidential tool: fear, writes Ben Smith for Politico. Obama has failed... More »

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Barack Obama • health care reform • moderate • conservatives • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama

(Newser) - One of Barack Obama's top advisers during the campaign tells Politico he's "losing patience" with the White House and wants more "bold" leadership from the president on a host of issues including health care and gay rights. “I’m not going to just sit by the curb... More »

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Congress • gay rights • presidential campaign • health care reform • Democratic Party • Election 2008 • moderate • Obama administration • Blue Dog Democrats • President Obama • Steve Hildebrand

(Newser) - The Blue Dogs—the 52 fiscally conservative Democrats who have been fighting to kill health care reform proposals the industry doesn’t like—receive far more money from that industry than their non-coalition-member counterparts, the Washington Post reports. The reform push has been a boon for the lawmakers' ledgers;... More »

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health care • Arkansas • House of Representatives • health care industry • lobbyists • health care reform • Mike Ross • House Democrats • special interests • moderate • insurance industry • Blue Dog Democrats • Blue Dog Coalition

'Moderate' Tag Poses Dilemma for Democrats

It generally means
'conservative,' making everyone else a 'liberal'

Jul 11, 09 11:39 AM CDT
(Newser) - The label “moderate Democrat” has been thrown around a lot lately, but it’s usually affixed to the party’s most conservative members, Politico reports. That’s a linguistic dilemma for the rest of the party, since anyone left-of-center is suddenly a “liberal” by comparison—a term still... More »

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Barack Obama • Democrat • congressional Democrats • Evan Bayh • moderate • Blue Dog Democrats

 Obama Courts 
 GOP Moderates, 
 but Quietly 

President seeks support on health care

May 18, 09 10:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - President Obama would love to have a few Republicans in his corner on health care, but he’s keeping courting efforts low-key, Politico reports. Last week, chief of staff Rahm Emanuel invited a dozen moderate House Republicans to a casual White House meeting, and the president stopped by to chat.... More »

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health care • Republican • White House • Democrat • Rahm Emanuel • John Boehner • moderate • President Obama • Rep. Mike Castle

Huckabee's Plan to Revive GOP Doesn't Add Up

Nate Silver shows why party shouldn't play to social conservatives

May 11, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps it's Mike Huckabee's admitted distrust for math, but he's dead wrong about the best strategy to bring back the Republican Party's power, writes Nate Silver on his blog. To make the case that the party shouldn't move to the middle, Huckabee says, "People that are social conservatives are... More »

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GOP • Mike Huckabee • voters • Republican Party • statistics • fiscal conservatives • social conservatives • moderate

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

Liberal Groups' Attack Ads on Moderate Dems Not Helpful: Reid

MoveOn should back off, majority leader says

Mar 27, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid says left-wing groups shouldn’t run ads pressuring moderate Democrats into backing President Obama’s budget, Politico reports. “I think it’s very unwise and not helpful,” Reid said today of the efforts by Moveon.org and Americans United for Change to convert... More »

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Barack Obama • Congress • Democrats • Senate • Harry Reid • MoveOn • MoveOn.org • moderate • Obama administration

GOP's Specter Eyes Independent Run in 2010

Embattled GOP moderate rules out joining Dems but not doing a Leiberman

Mar 18, 09 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Sen. Arlen Specter isn't going to switch sides and join the Democrats but he won't rule out running as an independent in 2010, the Pennsylvania Republican tells the Hill. Specter, under pressure from the GOP base since becoming one of just three Republican senators to support the stimulus package, says... More »

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Senate Democrats • Arlen Specter • Pennsylvania • Senate Republicans • moderate • independent bid

Slimmed-Down Stimulus Bill Headed for Tuesday Vote

Senate moderates
lower price tag;
Obama 'pleased'

Feb 7, 09 8:09 AM CST
(Newser) - After hammering out a bipartisan reworking of President Obama’s stimulus package, senators began debating the measure last night, will continue today, and will likely vote on it Tuesday, CNN reports. Moderates from both parties worked on the compromise in days of private meetings, shaving down a plan that had... More »

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Senate • debate • vote • economic stimulus package • moderate • Joseph Lieberman • Obama administration

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

ANALYSIS

Iran's Former Prez Mulls Run Against Ahmadinejad

Moderate Khatami, battered by conservatives, still has large following

Dec 5, 08 1:34 PM CST
(Newser) - Mohammad Khatami is considering a run to reclaim the Iranian presidency, the Economist reports. Frustrated with successor Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s financial mismanagement and controversial rhetoric, moderate Iranians have swamped Khatami with entreaties to run. Although Khatami ultimately failed to deliver reform, his 1997-2005 tenure is remembered fondly for relaxed restrictions... More »

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Iran • Islam • Mahmoud Ahmadinejad • religion • reform • Mohammad Khatami • moderate • election

OPINION

 Is Obama a Radical 
 or Reconciler? 

Or Niebuhrian waffler?

Oct 22, 08 1:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama may be on the brink of the presidency, but many still wonder whether he’s a closet radical, Michael Gerson writes in the Washington Post. He carries a liberal Illinois legislature record, associations with Ayers, Alinsky, Wright, and ACORN, and an “elitist disdain for bitter, God-clinging conservatives,... More »

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Barack Obama • radical • Obama 2008 • Jeremiah Wright • Election 2008 • moderate • Bill Ayers

Moderates Feeling Snubbed
at Grand Old Party

Choice of Palin underscores how pro-life wing hamstrings party, some say

Sep 4, 08 3:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Where conservatives once felt uneasy with John McCain, his drift rightward now has moderates wondering if there’s a place for them in the Republican Party, the Chicago Tribune reports. “We are discouraged by the platform,” says one pro-choice Republican, noting that while she was glad to have... More »

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John McCain • conservative • social conservatives • McCain 2008 • moderate • conservative base • the moderate vote • Republican National Convention

Opinion

GOP Must Regroup With Balance, Relevance

Mac's reform thrust may help win outside South

Jun 18, 08 6:46 PM CDT
(Newser) - Many Republicans think the party is on a losing streak because it’s gotten too “squishy,” but that’s a dangerous mistake to make, a former aide to Tom DeLay writes on Politico. John Feehery, who pleads guilty to being a “squish” (as "right-wing wackos" deride... More »

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Republican Party • moderate • conservatives

OPINION

The Debate
Was No Good
for Anyone

The pundits agree, and then split on blaming the inquisitors

Apr 17, 08 1:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - The pundit class agrees for once: No one (at least in the Democratic Party) benefited from last night’s angry debate. But the left and the right disagree on who’s at fault:
  • The first half was “garbage time,” Jonathan Cohn writes in the New Republic, with
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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • debate • moderate • Bittergate

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