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Though Gore has had to defend his liberal credentials in recent months, partially to stave off an attack by a progressive Bill Bradley, his policy proposals stress centrist themes...
...What remains to be seen is how much this divide will take root in the rest of the nation. McCain continued to steal some of Bush's centrist thunder in South Carolina by campaigning on a message of inclusiveness, overtly asking Democrats and independents to support him. Bush, meanwhile, accused McCain of abandoning the Republican core. But since Saturday, McCain's gone on the attack in Michigan, claiming that Bush represents only the extreme right of the party. McCain's been telling Michiganders that most Republicans now favor a more centrist platform that includes paying down the debt and allowing...
...concern to both Bush and the party is that his national appeal has been damaged in his attempt to curry favor among conservatives in South Carolina. While Bush campaigns on the centrist-tinged platform of "compassionate conservatism," his right-leaning tour through the Palmetto State - including a controversial appearance at Bob Jones University, which bans interracial dating - has left McCain standing tall in the center and Bush pushed to the fringes. In addition, the latest polls show McCain with a much greater chance of defeating Al Gore or Bill Bradley in November. "You can already see others...
...handled carefully by the Arizona senator. In conservative, upcountry South Carolina, Bauer is an asset, but the arch-conservative's stamp of approval could do more harm than good once the campaigns leave the South behind. In Michigan, particularly, McCain will want to come across as a true centrist; after all, he'll be courting the Grosse Pointe Republican contingent, who blanch at overtly conservative language on social issues like abortion. As long as McCain loosens his affiliation with Bauer after South Carolina, says Lopez, he shouldn't have any trouble stepping back into the moderate role as he heads...
With the opposition Christian Democratic Union rocked by scandals and searching for a new leader, things seem to be going well for Germany's Social Democratic Party. Perhaps too well. The Social Democrats rode the wave of the centrist "Third Way" politics that swept Western Europe in the late 90s to wrest control from the CDU in 1998 and end Helmut Kohl's 15-year reign as chancellor. Now Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder is enjoying high approval ratings and the weakened CDU isn't even opposing the Social Democrats in two key upcoming state elections. But the Social Democrats' top brass...