Comments on: Pandering better than authenticity?

By: Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » On My Radar: Wednesday, June 27, 2007

Bluey Blog | Robert B. Bluey » On My Radar: Wednesday, June 27, 2007 — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 21:44:38 +0000

[...] • 4 Lessons GOP Candidates Can Learn From Bush – Matt Lewis, Townhall • Pandering better than authenticity? – Soren Dayton, Eye on ‘08 • Fortune Portrays Hillary Clinton as Corporate Sweetheart – Jeff Poor, Business & Media Institute • Indicted lawyer gave generously to House freshmen – Michael Brady, Majority Accountability Project • Huntsman and Shurtleff Need to Step Up – Utah Rep. Steve Urquhart Posted at 5:43 PM in Miscellanea Save to Del.icio.us Share on Facebook [...]

By: Patrick Ruffini :: Flip-Flopping’s Fine By Me

Patrick Ruffini :: Flip-Flopping’s Fine By Me — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 03:33:44 +0000

[...] As a jumping off point, Soren Dayton contemplates what happens when flip-flopping becomes the new normal: Like support for comprehensive immigration reform, prior to running for President, all the major candidates were supportive of BCRA-style campaign finance reform. Indeed, Mitt Romney even went much, much farther. Now all but John McCain have backed away. And many conservatives pundocrats have demanded that he pander and flip-flop too. [...]

By: karasoth

karasoth — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 22:24:15 +0000

I think Fred’s position isn’t a bad one “I didn’t think it would end up like it has. I felt the money grubbing in politics was bad and thought this might fix it.”

I don’t mind some one saying it was a mistake

By: eye

eye — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:45:59 +0000

It is clear what Fred is doing. He’s just ducking. He will get whacked if he pops his head up. Romney hypocritically attacked him last time

By: The Right’s Field » The Party of Pandering

The Right’s Field » The Party of Pandering — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 16:26:32 +0000

[...] That unmeasurability seems to be just enough to trigger conservative activists’ willing suspension of disbelief. And not just with regard to Romney (though he exemplifies the process). There’s a Kabuki quality to the Republican candidates’ ritual performance of conversion to whatever it is the base wants them to think, and the base seems happy enough to play along. But Soren Dayton, spoiling Romney’s speechwriter’s careful work, has another way of expressing what’s happening: everyone has been pretending that “pandering [is] better than authenticity.” [...]

By: fredo

fredo — Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:32:32 +0000

You raise an intersting question Eye, “Is it a bad thing when politicians can change their views to suit the public mood?”

Of course, Jennifer Rubin’s point was more interesting: “Is it a bad thing for politicians not to bother justifying their position in the face of the conservatives on the Supreme Court declaring it unconstitutional, as FDT is doing in this case?”

What’s worse, articulating your views when they’ve changed, or not to bother articulating them at all?