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...only on fiscal matters that Summers’ brand of liberalism took on more centrist tones...
...think that he is a centrist Democrat who combines a market approach and a rigorous economic skepticism with essentially progressive beliefs,” says Gene Sperling, former director of the National Economic Council...
...really working hard to get to the bottom of the Enron mess, hearings on Capital Hill began today. Joe Lieberman, positioning himself for 2004 from the big chair at the Governmental Affairs Committee, is running the Democratic show in the Senate. He'll be trying to stay centrist with fellow Democrat Carl Levin on his left and Fred Thompson on his right - and $11,500 from Arthur Andersen and $2,000 from Enron since 1989 in his pocket. In the House, the Republicans are eager to show they can be tough on Big Business too - James Greenwood, chairman...
...course Enron's tentacles aren't just about the Republicans - Enron wrote checks to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman and energy-state centrist John Breaux, among others - and they aren't just about political cash. Bush Administration officials with other financial ties to Enron include former stockholder Karl Rove, former advisory board members Larry Lindsey and Robert Zoellick, former lobbyist Marc Racicot and former executive Thomas White Jr. (he's Secretary of the Army). And Robert Rubin, the Democrats' economic ombudsman - but also a big shot at Enron-exposed Citigroup - is on the hook for making his own help...
...that's what George W. Bush would like you to think. Bush was all over the airwaves Wednesday, announcing a new compromise bill that "can pass both bodies so we can leave for Christmas knowing full well that we have done the people's business" and bringing along three centrist Democratic senators as evidence. The Republican-controlled House even stayed up late Wednesday night to prove that the new bill could pass through their body, anyway...