"It's about time the moderates stood up and said, 'Hey, we're in the majority here!'"
The Moderates' hopes of interrupting left-wing hegemony for a second long spell are slipping away.
That worldview asserts that the world is divided between the extremist Islamic fundamentalists and the moderates.
Earlier this week, every member got a letter from Mr Serotka accusing the Moderates of unfair electioneering.
The Moderates hit back that the letter was itself unfair electioneering from someone who ought to be impartial.
And, as usual, the hardliners and militants prosper when the moderates appear weak and disconnected from the grassroots.
Anders Borg, the Moderates' chief economist and the architect of Mr Reinfeldt's ascent, is another possibility for finance.
ECONOMIST: Out with the Social Democrats, in with the Moderates
So Mr Bildt can blame fate and his friends for the Moderates' plight.
This was a victory for the moderates, though Mr Karbaschi still faces trial.
The moderates are trying to get six Democrats and six Republicans to allow certain judges through while others get blocked.
Mr Vajpayee seems genuinely keen to talk to the moderates, though other members of his government may be less so.
Pope John Paul II's visit to Cuba last year, and his call for reconciliation, was wind in the moderates' sails.
And he's made no gains among the moderates, no gains among the Independents who were likely vote in the Republican primary.
The Moderates allege that Membership First's voting record shows they are not much more than a bunch of Trots in disguise.
The moderates duly strengthened their grip on the party machine, with Jose Dirceu, Lula's closest lieutenant, easily re-elected as party president.
But he has to get enough of them to be able to add to the moderates and Independents he already has.
Meanwhile, the hardliners are capturing key squares on the chessboard of Washington power, at the expense of the moderates at state.
It could for example give back some money for humanitarian needs and maintain contact with the moderates it has always talked to.
"We are extending the range of work we are doing on de-radicalisation... but we also want to support the moderates, " he said.
The documentary makes clear why the moderates are not more in evidence.
In vain has Mr Bildt tramped Sweden since his return, touring the countryside and especially the north, where support for the Moderates is thin.
Though Mr Bildt remains popular, support for the Moderates has been slipping while that for the perennially ruling Social Democrats is on the rise.
On the other hand, the Moderates' electoral success gives him a strong case for taking the meatier portfolios, such as finance and foreign affairs.
ECONOMIST: Out with the Social Democrats, in with the Moderates
So in that respect, I think this debate to the moderates is very unnecessary, because the moderates majority feels that they're both Muslim and secular.
Moreover, some of the Moderates' younger people are disappointed that Mr Bildt, at 50, has been succeeded by a man who is two years older.
This, of course, further weakens the moderates who remain on board.
But the moderates are making the decisions, at least for now.
In Latin America, the war of ideas is no less intense than the war within the Arab and Muslim world between the radicals and the moderates.
If the Moderates win, the plan is to keep Barry Reamsbottom, the outgoing general secretary and a Moderate, in the job until 2004 and sideline Mr Serwotka.
Mr Otegui's appointment is part of a strategy to make the moderates more prominent, and the separatists therefore more presentable, before the Basque regional election on October 25th.
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