Word: centrist
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Roemer is a centrist Democrat who does not toe the party line. As an economic conservative, he supports a balanced-budget amendment and is a hawk on legislative pork. But he shows his Democratic roots by backing federal education programs like the Pell Grant and Head Start. Already thrice victorious in the Third, Roemer seems to have found a moderate voice to suit his district...
Benjamin, a former investment banker, founded the New York Benevolence Council, a nonprofit group that assists disadvantaged New Yorkers. The self-described "centrist Republican" is pro-choice and anti-death penalty; he also favors a flat 17% income tax and tough sentences for criminals with the "three strikes" rule and "truth in sentencing" legislation to require convicts to serve at least 85% of their jail time. But this newcomer needs an upset to win where Clinton got 60% of the vote...
...centrist, and both men are mavericks in their party," Hunt says. "I happen to agree with some of his [Weld's] social positions...
...time, he broke with the tired old dogmas of the Democrats in Congress by standing up for curfews, school uniforms, a balanced budget and welfare reform. No, not everyone agreed with him on every point, but he started to earn people's respect by standing firm in his own centrist convictions despite the criticism from the fringes...
...third alternative, forged among centrist environmentalists, Governor Angus King and the big landowners, emerged in June to blunt both extremes. Under the Compact for Maine's Forests, big timber companies could clear-cut no more than 1% of their land each year, and the maximum allowable clear-cut would shrink from 250 to 75 acres. More important in the long run, they would abide by voluntary standards to preserve sustainable levels of tree harvesting, and protect soil, water and biodiversity. The compact also would create a compliance system managed by independent auditors...