LINK: I agree with most of what J.P. Carter says about Dean, except for the following:
"Compromise is obviously a necessary component of politics. But when it is taken for granted that expediency will trump conviction, we should not be surprised when we find all politicians stuck in the “mushy middle.” "
I hate to disagree, but candidates tend to move towards the center because that's where the voters are. It's not a matter of expediency when compromise is made, it's a matter of voters getting precisely what they want; most people (even most of those who vote) don't have convictions on questions of politics, really.
"Thou shalt not extinguish thine anger, but shall master it,
that thy conscience may not be blunted by adjustment
to wrong causes."
-The Dutch Ten Commandments to Foil the Nazis
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