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Tightrope Progressive

How does a Democrat run as a moderate-to-conservative yet still appeal to his party's progressive base? Plus: Le Moyne update.

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br> Scott McConnell yesterday filed a civil rights lawsuit yesterday against Le Moyne College in the Superior Court of Onondaga County, New York. As detailed by TAS in February, McConnell is the student who was dismissed from the Syracuse, New York school's graduate education program for suggesting in a paper that corporal punishment might have a place in the classroom. McConnell is represented by Manhattan civil rights lawyer Sam Abady and the Washington-based Center for Individual Rights. He is seeking a maximum award of $5 million. /p>

"They destroyed his career just because they didn't like his idea," Abady said yesterday. Abady claims Le Moyne is "ducking the case" by not accepting service of the lawsuit through its lawyer. Le Moyne spokesman Joe Della Posta had a prepared oral statement: "The college will not comment on any aspect of pending or ongoing litigation. As we have all along, Le Moyne stands by our action and is confident the courts will uphold our decision not to admit this individual as a fully matriculated student."

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