Joining The Third Way

Germany's Social Democratic candidate hopes that he can win by campaigning down the middle

Gerhard Schroder loves New York. His wife Doris, 35, a former radio journalist whom he married last fall, loves it even more, having lived in Manhattan as a single working mom in the early '90s. "In fact, my seven-year-old stepdaughter Clara is an American, because she was born in the U.S.," Schroder bragged to friends at a political bash in Hanover. "And Doris is always telling me, Let's go live in New York!"

Doris should not expect her husband to be packing his bags anytime soon. The odds are better than even that in the election this September, Schroder, 54, could...

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