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...50th Democratic vote, with Cheney the Republican tie breaker. The even split gave moderates hope that they alone would hold the key to the President's legislative success. At times last week, it seemed there were more moderate groups meeting on Capitol Hill--the Wednesday Group, two Centrist Coalitions, assorted convocations of New Democrats--than there are bridge clubs in Palm Beach. Now all that has to be put on hold while the politicians wait to hear from the judges. "Until this is settled, nobody is going to be talking about any specific agenda," says an aide to a moderate...
...fire one. Eiland tells TIME that the army is preparing to court-martial a soldier and an officer for firing live rounds when there was no clear threat to their life. But restraint has been a tough sell in Israel. Posters and banners read: LET THE ARMY WIN. Even centrist politicians argue that the army's hands are tied and that its "restraint" costs Israeli lives...
...Democratic Breaux has a Medicare plan in the works that Bush likes, and he's the kind of mild-mannered centrist upon whom Bush's plan to "unite, not divide" depends. But Bush was expected to make Breaux an offer that Breaux can definitely refuse: leave the Senate and be my energy secretary...
...much aware of that skepticism, and that knowledge - combined with the specter of a full 50 percent of Americans who don't agree with their politics and a 50-50 Senate (the body that confirms Supreme Court justices) - is likely to open doors to appointees whose politics are decidedly centrist...
...Whomever Bush chooses to take over the empty seat, he or she is unlikely to be an Antonin Scalia or a Clarence Thomas or even a William Rehnquist. Instead, the chosen one will fit neatly into the Kennedy-O'Connor mold: Centrist, clear-headed consensus-builders who are more or less immune to politicization of issues. As Pepperdine University constitutional scholar Douglas Kmiec told the Associated Press, "They end up being the glue of the opinion," moderating the conservative camp and mollifying the moderate-to-liberal camp...