1.  And Fong, who has sought to find a centrist position, finds himself being attacked by both sides.

2.  Another factor working to preserve the power of the PRI is its centrist position, appealing to both conservatives and liberals, Belden said.

3.  Bob Dole and the Republicans have dropped their most uncompromising notions and opted for more centrist positions that the pollsters say a majority of people support.

4.  Blair called for more centrist positions as he started to move through the party.

5.  Along with Jesse Jackson, Cuomo serves as a visible symbol of the old liberalism that Clinton is trying to shake off with a series of centrist positions.

6.  But as he nudges Clinton toward centrist positions, Morris has been dodging knives from both right and left.

7.  But in an indication of the difficulties that Clinton faces as he tries to take politically centrist positions, the support began to fade within hours.

8.  But subconsciously they cast their ballots for moderation, for a centrist position in which neither extreme of right or left could dominate.

9.  Dole, needing to court moderate swing voters, apparently decided to trade the active support of Christian conservatives for a centrist position.

10.  He believes New England would be a better testing ground for centrist positions on foreign affairs and trade.