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But compared to previous Republican offerings it was a notably serious contribution, which was praised by centrist deficit hawks, and even by some liberal commentators.
Nor will the package currently being discussed achieve the minimal target of centrist deficit hawks (myself among them), that of stabilizing the rate in which the national debt is growing in relation to the economy.
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As people like Greg Sargent point out time and again, the centrist ideal — deficit reduction via a mix of revenue increases and benefits cuts — is what Obama is already offering; in fact, his proposals have been to the right of Bowles-Simpson.
For some centrists, the deficit has begun to overshadow all other issues.
What about centrists and deficit scolds; why are they for this?
While Mr. Obama told lawmakers that the parties must come together to make the necessary tough choices, his decision not to embrace the fiscal commission's report as the basis for immediate bipartisan talks disappointed many centrist, anti-deficit groups — even as it pleased liberal activists who have been lobbying against the recommendations.
To the chagrin of the liberals who helped elect him, Mr. Clinton pursued a centrist agenda of deficit reduction and free trade -- though not always happily.
He drew some criticism from some progressives for avoiding firm stances on pocketbook issues like student debt relief in favor of centrist bromides about deficit reduction and "consolidat[ing] federal data centers".
Just more warning signs that the 401(k) system isn't working and that America is facing an epidemic of elderly poverty in the decades ahead -- a crisis that will make it very difficult to cut the big entitlement programs for seniors, which tends to be the linchpin of most centrist and conservative deficit reduction plans.
The close votes reflect the growing unease among centrist Democrats that the deficit spending that Congress has undertaken to right the economy is becoming a potent campaign issue.
A self-proclaimed "centrist" running on a deficit-reduction platform might end up syphoning as many Republican moderates away from Trump as liberals or independents away from the Democratic nominee.
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