There's a lot of winking and nodding here. This is his way of capturing the middle ground.

There doesn't seem to be a lot of middle ground with me.

It's a stain, it's a blot, it's unpleasant. I don't think it's going to have any long-term impact on the ongoing Israeli-American relationship.

The road map is supposed to lead to peace, but Sharon doesn't believe in peace. Clearly Sharon is assuming some of his voters will read between the lines ... and understand that he will carry out another disengagement.

Get it - get it better or get it worse. No middle ground of compromise.

People, y'know, they either love us or they hate us; there's no middle ground.