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TIME's Jeffrey Birnbaum and Michael Duffy report that seven centrist politicians have been quietly plotting a run for the White House. In two late October conference calls, the schemers concluded that there is a hunger for a party that is fiscally conservative, socially liberal, pro-environment and in favor of campaign-finance reform. Next Sunday, the group members, which include Democratic Senator Bill Bradley of New Jersey, former Republican Senator and Independent Governor of Connecticut Lowell Weicker and former Democratic Senators Paul Tsongas of Massachusetts and Gary Hart of Colorado, will hold their most important call yet. They will...
...Birnbaum notes that Ross Perot's nascent party might be a possible vehicle for the group, but he adds that none of the participants wants to be seen as a Perot puppet. There are also some ideological disagreements: "The seven in this group are all free traders, something that Perot is opposed...
...Kassebaum became the tenth member of the Senate, and the second Republican, to announce that she will not seek re-election in 1996. "Kassebaum's departure is another indication there is not as much room in the Republican party for moderates as there once was," says senior correspondent Jeffrey Birnbaum. "She will be remembered as one of the most thoughtful members of an institution that a lot people doubt gives much serious thought to anything these days. In partisan terms, it is likely she will be replaced by a Republican, so it won't be a net loss...
...Reported by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and Michael Duffy/Washington, John F. Dickerson/Orlando and S.C. Gwynne/Panama City
...With reporting by Jeffrey H. Birnbaum and John F. Dickerson/ Washington