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...present, the centrist spectre is with us once again. This time it is taking shape among Democrats who are trying to keep their party from going left. If the party nominates someones from its left, they tell us. Democrats will face the same fate in November, 1972 that the Republicans faced eight years...
Farcical Way. The Christian Democrats' most plausible alternative was Foreign Minister Aldo Moro, who had the support of Premier Emilio Colombo-a centrist Christian Democrat -some rightists and two of the strongest left-wing factions. No one doubted that Moro could have easily been elected, because he was acceptable to the 259 Communists as well as the 105 Socialists. But he was wholly unacceptable to other Christian Democratic factions, most notably the followers of Fanfani. Instead, the party settled on another former Premier: Leone. There was a measure of justice in the choice: Leone had lost...
...Centrist Judges. Harlan, who was hospitalized last August with a spinal cancer, was the court's most skilled craftsman. More closely attuned to Nixon's legal philosophy than Black, Harlan was a judicial conservative whose lucid opinions rested on scholarship and a devotion to precedent-even to the point of often discarding his own previous positions once a majority of his colleagues had rejected his argument. "He kept the court honest by insisting on acid analysis and intense self-reflection," notes Stanford Law Professor Anthony Amsterdam. "His genius was in his sense of the proper decision-making processes...
...Nixon in the general election. The question now is whether Muskie will survive that long, or be eliminated in one of the primaries or at the convention. His campaign has, like the candidate himself, a certain steadiness, equilibrium rather than passion. Whether it is enough to be the sober centrist in a divided party remains to be seen, as does Muskie's capacity to adapt, grow and learn now that the race is beginning in earnest...
...clearly wants to try again. "I've got my sails up," he told reporters when he turned 60 last May. "I'm testing the waters." He allowed that he might enter the New York and California primaries next spring if the early heats fail to produce a winner. His centrist campaign contributors are waiting for him, still holding out on Muskie or anyone else; Humphrey has asked them to keep their purses locked until November. Labor still likes him. He is well known and has a following among party regulars, although he ran second to Muskie...