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To: epicure who wrote (5508)	11/19/2005 11:44:54 AM
From: Dale Baker	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 541453

I am not talking about a third party - movements inside the main parties to tack to the center would be much more preferable and fundamentally catalyzing for change. I wouldn't call Clinton notably nonpartisan - but he spent more time lobbying for his ideas than he did tearing down folks who didn't like him (at least until he and Hillary ended up in the bunker themselves). His approval ratings were certainly good enough to be elected easily for a third term in 2000. No way he would have lost Tennessee or Florida, for example. That is game over right there. I expect centrist populists to be the strong favorites in the Democratic primary race. But they will be up against Hillary cultivating all the special interest constituencies - she tacks in all directions at once as it suits her, from the speeches she has given recently. As for God, Clinton was very devout. He just listened and interpreted in very different ways from GW. And he went astray in his own ways too, that's for sure.