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...chancellor, Angela Merkel, has long argued for something short of full membership for Turkey. And French president Jacques Chirac, who says he favors Turkish membership, has pressed through a constitutional amendment demanding a referendum in France to approve any new member of the EU. An editorial in Germany's centrist Sueddeutsche Zeitung sensed a whiff of hypocrisy in the pressure on Austria to kick the ball forward again. "The Austrian government deserves merit for speaking openly what a majority of the citizens think: that a promise of accession will not be made good," the paper wrote. Maybe not, but much...
...Federalist Society and a White House advisor on the Roberts nomination, says Roberts is too smart to get drawn in. "He knows it's about 51 votes," Leo says. Former Indiana Representative David McIntosh says Roberts is focused on keeping his far right supporters happy while reassuring centrist Republicans who are the key to his confirmation. Roberts' six-minute opening remarks today managed to cram in tips of the hat to both groups. For the hardliners, he argued the importance of rule of law over individual rights. For the centrists, like Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, he emphasized his respect...
...which would of course be a measure for many Israeli voters of the success or failure of the "disengagement." There's still, of course, the chance that Sharon will leave the Likud before its members kick him out. He'd then form a new party with some of the centrist parties and the Labor Party. That now looks a likely scenario, because the polls have Sharon a clear loser to Netanyahu within the Likud, while much more popular with the general public...
...enjoys with the Democratic base gives her options that no other contender for the nomination could have. "She has the rare flexibility to reach out to the center even before she gets the nomination," says Marshall Wittman, McCain's former communications director and now a senior fellow at the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, where Clinton is leading a project to develop the party's message for next year's congressional elections...
...seize the high ground on moral values. "I think they forget about it," says Barbara Whitehead, who heads the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University and has advised Democrats on some of these issues. Expect to hear more of these ideas from Democrats, particularly those affiliated with the centrist Democratic Leadership Council, of which Clinton, Emanuel and Lincoln are all members. Michele Stockwell, a DLC staffer, has suggested Democrats come out with more family-friendly policy proposals, such as limiting marketing aimed at kids in public schools, requiring broadcasters to air more programs for children and limiting ads for alcohol...