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The Middle Is a Bad Place to Be
How do we restore some balance to American politics? That question is at the heart of the 2006 congressional election
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A group of neighbors have gathered on the patio of an elegant home in
Greenwich, Conn., on a gorgeous late-summer evening. Standing at the
crest of an emerald lawn that unfurls gracefully toward the Long
Island Sound, they sip wine (white) and bubbly water (Perrier). They
are mostly Republicans, but of a rarefied sort—wealthy, moderate,
Northeastern—and they have a difficult decision to make: whether to
toss out their longtime, moderate and estimable Republican
Congressman Christopher Shays. To that end, they have come to Sue
McCally's home to meet Diane
Farrell, who is...