Not too long ago, being labeled a “flip-flopper” was a big deal in presidential politics. Whatever your policy positions might be, the worst possible sin was to be indecisive about them. If you remember what happened to John Kerry back in 2004, you know what I’m talking about. A day before his first debate with George W. Bush, no one was asking John Kerry about his position on the Iraq War, or his views on taxes or anything like that. Instead, Kerry was being asked about his image as a flip-flopper.
And he was forced to admit, in an interview with The New York Times, that it was a major vulnerability. Kerry claimed that his positions had really been consistent, but at the same time he acknowledged that the Bush campaign had succeeded in portraying him as indecisive and untrustworthy. That’s why 60% of voters said Kerry “told people what they wanted to hear rather than what…
