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Steering a Course Toward the Center Is the Path to Victory in November — Despite the Temptation, for Biden and Trump, To Please Extremists in Their Parties

We are a centrist country that has always eschewed extremes. The vast majority of Americans, whether Democrat or Republican, regard themselves as moderates.

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Members of the so-called Squad of liberal Democrats in Congress — from left, Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib, Ayanna Pressley, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. AP/J. Scott Applewhite, file
ALAN DERSHOWITZ
ALAN DERSHOWITZ

Primary campaigns are often about appealing to extremes. General elections are about winning the center.

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ALAN DERSHOWITZ
ALAN DERSHOWITZ

Mr. Dershowitz is professor emeritus at Harvard Law School. He has written 52 books, more than 1,000 articles, and has successfully litigated hundreds of cases, half of them pro bono. He is the author, most recently, of the book 'War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism' and of 'Get Trump: The Threat to Civil Liberties, Due Process, and Our Constitutional Rule of Law.'

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