But over time, the limits of acceptable discussion will be stretched out leftwards, and then maybe we will be able to achieve some sort of polite democratic-socialist consensus.
There's a socialist bias to the consensus of the literary world: a 30s mentality that says factory workers are more worthy of our attention.
A4 New O.A.S. Head Emerges A Chilean Socialist emerged as the consensus choice to become the new secretary general of the Organization of American States, in what is seen as a rebuff to the Bush administration's efforts to press Latin America to take a tougher stance on Cuba and Venezuela.
During his 1992 presidential campaign and subsequent two terms in the White House, the Clintons focused on domestic policy, with job training and welfare reform programs to cater to a hollowing middle class, fateful deregulation for finance and energy, and a complex would-be consensus non-socialist approach to universal health care.
As for Chávez's socialist experiment, there's little consensus on how it fared.
The call to join the establishment once you have made it – in most cases, using all the socialist advantages of the postwar consensus, such as free health, free education and social housing – is sadly unoriginal.
Greece's conservative opposition, meanwhile, demanded lower taxes as a condition for reaching a political consensus with the Socialist government on further austerity measures, which Brussels says are essential to secure any further assistance.
Greece's conservative opposition meanwhile demanded lower taxes as a condition for reaching a political consensus with the Socialist government on further austerity measures, which Brussels says is needed to secure any further assistance.
A second reason for staying calm is that of those who voted for Mr Haider, around 65% told exit pollsters they did so primarily out of a desire to shake up the cosy, "red-black" consensus of centrist socialists and conservatives that has governed Austria for decades.
The more enlightened DC politicians realised that an alliance with the Socialist party would widen the political consensus and isolate the communists.
Ms. Boyer criticized the Socialists, saying there had been a consensus on the bill, "right as well as left".
