"He is playing this correctly. While we all have good reason for thinking what we do and voting our minds, GWB must appeal to the center. To do this he must support some centrist ideas. So he tends to pick the ones that can be "given in too" without a major policy shift."
Does a principled canidate shift positions to "appeal" to the center? I'm sorry, but this request by Colin Powell is over the top. This is a *dangerous* precedent just as the 2000 election "recount" was dangerous. The book "And not a shot was fired" might be of interest to you.