middle-of-the-roader
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Burned by a fierce confirmation fight that rejected Robert Bork, President Reagan picked Anthony Kennedy, a middle-of-the-roader who has played the role of balancer and swing vote.
From Newsweek • Apr. 10, 2010
But now 1964 is anybody's race, and the G.O.P. may well enlist a middle-of-the-roader to challenge Johnson—Nelson Rockefeller, Richard Nixon, even Pennsylvania's Governor William Scranton or Michigan's Governor George Romney.
From Time Magazine Archive
Methodists rate the Bishop high as a preacher, consider him as a middle-of-the-roader on theological and social questions.
From Time Magazine Archive
Commander in Chief General Abdel Karim Zahreddin, a middle-of-the-roader, tried to get the two factions together in the middle-of-the-road town of Horns.
From Time Magazine Archive
An able preacher with a cool style�he once studied law�Dr. Vance is an expert on comparative religions, a middle-of-the-roader theologically.
From Time Magazine Archive
