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...otherwise bland convention. Bill Clinton shattered both precepts. Four days before the opening of the Democratic Convention he chose, of all potential running mates, the one closest to being a carbon copy of himself: Tennessee Senator Al Gore. Besides hailing from neighboring mid-South states and swimming in the centrist mainstream of the party, they are close enough in age (Clinton is 45, Gore 44) to form the first all baby-boom ticket...
Although Gore's addition to the Democratic presidential ticket last week is a centrist political strategist's dream come true, the Vice Presidential candidate's renowned moderation was not a particularly great asset in the radical political scene at Harvard during his undergraduateyears...
...remains to be seen how this conflict over party principles will play out in Cambridge and at Harvard University, traditionally among the most liberal enclaves in the United States. However, given strong local support for both Clinton and his fellow centrist former Massachusetts Sen. Paul E. Tsongas during last spring's primaries, it appears likely that many local voters will rally around the nominee...
...liberties streak that surprised many observers. What was clear was that Antonin Scalia and Thomas, the right wing of the court, were far from controlling the agenda. Instead, a group of Justices -- Sandra Day O'Connor, David Souter and Anthony Kennedy -- combined to demonstrate the existence of a new centrist core. "These cases may indicate the emergence of a stronger, more open-minded group in the middle" than might have been expected, said Vincent Blasi, a liberal law professor at Columbia. "It's easy to take potshots from the ideological extreme, but when your judgments actually determine the future...
...strut to address the Democratic Leadership Council's annual convention. In a real sense, Clinton will be going home. The widespread disenchantment with his candidacy and the tailoring of his pitch to appeal to the liberal activists who control so much of the Democrats' primary process have obscured the centrist notions that define his effort, the nothing-for-nothing hard-edged nostrums he is resurrecting to use against George Bush. The intellectual origins of these themes, and many of their specific applications, can be traced to the D.L.C. and its think tank, the Progressive Policy Institute -- which is not surprising...