middle-of-the-roader
- a word derived from middle-of-the-road.
Example Sentences
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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
It so happens that by 1944 the South's Sam Rayburn, a solid, middle-of-the-roader, a man who can placate Congress, may be just the kind of running mate Franklin Roosevelt desires.
From Time Magazine Archive
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
Montini, in charge of day-to-day operations, is thin, suave, cool, precise, and politically a middle-of-the-roader.
From Time Magazine Archive
Baker and McBrien agree that a middle-of-the-roader will only enhance drift and decline.
From Time Magazine Archive
