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• n  a person who takes a position in the political center
• s  supporting or pursuing a course of action that is neither liberal nor conservative

• He hired centrist economist Jason Furman, known for defending the benefits of globalization and private Social Security accounts, to the displeasure of liberal economists.
• Pavel Wolberg EPA Israel's leaders on Tuesday night concluded a political deal that will put the hawkish Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu in power, with the centrist Labor Party .
• Whats even worse than being a centrist,.

• middle of the roader
• moderate
• moderationist
• middle-of-the-road

News & Articles

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• A Sole Moderate Vies for the Presidency in Iran
  During Iran's presidential election Friday, one centrist is battling a field of conservatives and a current of voter apathy
  June 14, 2013 - Time Magazine
• Are College and Career Skills Really the Same?
  The Common Core curriculum standards don't prepare students for the workforce, says Robert Lerman. Still from PBS NewsHour footage. Paul Solman: Centrist economist Robert Lerman of the Urban Institute and American University is back on this page with a timely concern: Is America's new push for a "common core curriculum" seriously at odds with the country's pressing economic needs? Lerman's first ...
  June 14, 2013 - The Online NewsHour
• Iran pro-reform candidate Mohammad Reza Aref withdraws from election to boost centrist's campaign
  Mohammad Reza Aref throws supports behind the only centrist candidate in presidential race, who will face-off against 5 conservatives
  June 11, 2013 - CBS News

Quotes

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• Barack Obama in FOXNews
  Obama said he is "no doubt progressive," and that "the notion that somehow that's me trying to look like I'm more centered - more centrist - is just not true."
• Joe Biden in International Herald Tribune
  Biden said Americans view a terrorist attack in Europe "as an attack on the United States. That is not hyperbole ...... So please understand that this is not a US-centrist view that only if America is attacked is there a terrorist threat."
• Bill Ritter in Los Angeles Times
  Ken Salazar has been an extremely effective US senator for Colorado these past four years, particularly as a moderate and as a centrist,Ritter said. "But if a nomination to join the Obama administration comes to pass, Sen. Salazar would...