We defined our position as centrist because we acknowledge the role of DDT in malaria vector control as well as the urgency to move away from DDT once suitable, safe, and sustainable alternatives are in place.
"I am what I think of as a very centrist moderate, but because the White House and both sides of Congress are controlled by Democrats, I'll do anything to make sure there's a better balance of power," said Bob Leipzig, 65, a semiretired dentist from Leesburg who responded to the poll.
In the spirit of journalistic inquiry, I asked my own dad, who I'm fairly sure is not a centrist because he once referred to the Liberal Democrats as "a bunch of class traitors", how he might describe his politics.
Right now, the Democrats have allowed the Republicans to straddle the enormous gulf between concerned centrists (concerned because the problems are huge and solutions do not occur instantly because a bill passes) and the Tea Partiers.
But the liberated Dean is beyond categories like liberal and centrist because he is beyond coherence.
Yet they can't acknowledge that Obama and Democrats are the ones who are offering solutions that are genuinely centrist, because that would constitute "taking sides".
It claims to be "centrist" because it offers unspecified tax increases as well as cuts -- probably by decimating the middle class by eliminating tax deductions for employer health care, dependent children, and home mortgage interest.
It is centrist because it means actively using government to solve problems.
" What is unusual is that normally members added in this way are more centrist than the base, because they have to be in order to win in districts that were formerly held by the other party," Mr. Cain added.
The interviews that Mr. Sharon gave to the three major Israeli newspapers this week startled some centrists because he expressed himself baldly.
