It was formed in 2006 as a reaction to the more centrist course of the SP.

Rusanov tried to steer a centrist course, like V.M. Chernov.

The organization attempted to chart a centrist course between electorally oriented revisionism on the one hand and bolshevism on the other.

But while liberals say he has done enough to reposition the party, conservatives contend the message of 1996 is that the party must maintain a centrist course.

"He missed the opportunity to really be a New Democrat, to chart a centrist, Democratic course," Mr. Boren said.

By joining with Labor, Mr. Sharon commits himself to a broadly centrist course.

But generally on domestic issues, Mr. Clinton walked the careful centrist course he has mapped in recent months.

Mr. Obama went on to say that he admired former President Bill Clinton for trying to bridge a centrist course between Democrats and Republicans.

Shocked by the repudiation of the 1994 election, they say, he became determined to hew to the centrist course he once promised.

As a reaction to the more centrist course of the SP.