I love how the word centrist kept popping up in the column. From Wordnik.com. [All Today's News - Sightline Daily] Reference
Eight days later, Rep. John Tanner, another centrist, is joining Moore. From Wordnik.com. [Does 2nd House retirement spell trouble for Democrats?] Reference
This would tend to result in centrist candidates being elected, rather than exteme candidates. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
In the open seat race to succeed retiring 11-term centrist Representative Jim Kolbe (R), anything could happen. From Wordnik.com. [Midterm Roundup] Reference
Obviously actual liberals in centrist and conservative districts – like Alan Grayson – should be top priority on defense. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Where The Potential Liberals Are] Reference
As an example of partisan rhetoric, Obama cited some of the healthcare debate last year on a bill he characterized as centrist at its core. From Wordnik.com. [Latest News - UPI.com] Reference
She wears the label centrist proudly. From Wordnik.com. [ABC News: Top Stories] Reference
That tap dance in America is called centrist politics. From Wordnik.com. [If this isn't a Class War, then what the bloody hell is it?] Reference
So-called centrist or moderate voters can't even be counted on to vote. From Wordnik.com. [National Review Online] Reference
Newt Gingrich calls the centrist Obama the most radical president ever. From Wordnik.com. [Metro Weekly (Newspaper Magazine of Gay and Lesbian DC)] Reference
Garamendi comes across as an intelligent centrist, which is more my style. From Wordnik.com. [CJ's Election Picks] Reference
That's rich, a radical right-wing calling a centrist organization extreme left-wing. From Wordnik.com. [Right Wingers Go After MoveOn With New TV Ad] Reference
This is the so-called centrist approach that has work so well for the Liberals in the past. From Wordnik.com. [Political Staples] Reference
Clinton was precisely a centrist, which is why Hillary is dangerous to the Democrats long term. From Wordnik.com. [Waldo Jaquith - Why the Democratic majority cannot dominate.] Reference
A centrist is a person whose political views lie between those of left-wingers and right-wingers. From Wordnik.com. [It might be in bad taste... but the Washington Post is talking about it so....] Reference
Her appointment is not ideal, but Kagan might just be a centrist, which is the best we could expect. From Wordnik.com. [Clovis News Journal : News] Reference
Even before the party switch, Specter was known as a centrist, and he voted for Obama's stimulus package in February. From Wordnik.com. [Home/News] Reference
Gillibrand, who has represented New York's 20th district since 2007, is characterized as a centrist Democratic up-and-comer. From Wordnik.com. [Grist - the Latest from Grist] Reference
They’re trying hard to remain centrist and fair, without falling too hard into the pro-WallStreet or pro-MainStreet camps. From Wordnik.com. [duh pookie] Reference
The problem is that so-called centrist leaders, as well as mostly everybody else, are not telling the American people the truth. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 1, 2007] Reference
Early in his tenure, Stevens was regularly described as a centrist-a "wild card" whose votes rarely fell along ideological lines. From Wordnik.com. [Ars Technica] Reference
That said, to say in present day terms that Obama is a centrist is a bit of a stretch for anyone outside the Bay Area to believe. From Wordnik.com. [As If You Need More Reasons to Vote Obama] Reference
By embracing the changes promoted by the so-called centrist senators, he has in fact allowed the heart of the package to be gutted. From Wordnik.com. [David Latt: Obama's a Wimp (So Says the GOP)] Reference
Penn has a long history with the Clintons, helping Bill Clinton's 1996 re-election by urging him toward a so-called centrist approach. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 7, 2008] Reference
I've never thought of this as an argument that can move more than half of what Cato identified as the centrist, libertarianish, swing vote. From Wordnik.com. [Divided We Stand - United We Fall] Reference
Suddenly the centrist is a radical. From Wordnik.com. [McCain drills AARP for backing Medicare cuts] Reference
The so-called centrist Democrats - Ben Nelson, Mary Landrieu. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
He was a stealth candidate who emerged as a kind of centrist inclined to a liberal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2009] Reference
He was a stealth candidate who emerged as a kind of centrist, inclined towards liberal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2009] Reference
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