Other centrist Democrats are to participate in the online question-and-answer session.

The question, one Democratic strategist said, is "whether he can build the personal relationships he'll need with some of those centrist Democrats."

She has to worry about attracting centrist Democrats, the mainstream of the party.

But the new bill also represents a sharp change in substance, and it may win over centrist Democrats.

After negotiations with centrist Democrats, he agreed to $1.25 trillion, plus another $100 billion this year to give a kick to the faltering economy.

Needed are a couple of centrist Democrats who know their stuff on this.

The voices of centrist and conservative Democrats are, by turns, worried, disappointed and angry.

In sharp contrast, Republican leaders forecast a victory, saying at least 20 centrist Democrats would support it.

Often, centrist Democrats thrived as in-house critics of their own party.

Their policies and principles haven't changed, say many centrist Democrats.