Fred’s main focus, even in this election cycle, was always “bipartisanship.” His first few speeches right out of the gate last year even keyed on this fallacy. After that, not so much, because we rightfully toasted him on it.
If that isn’t McCain-like squishy Republicanism, I don’t know what is.
If that doesn’t set off your alarms, they’re likely broke...
I don’t particularly care if someone uses that phrase while campaigning, it’s almost a given when running for President. What I care about is if they actively undermine the party through their actions in or out of office (as Huckster and *omney did, and Rudy in his early years as Mayor). Fred never did that and he always went the extra mile to help the party, even when there was nothing in it for him. Was Fred 100% right ? Nope, but he was right enough that I could support him for President without it causing grave damage to my conscience (why I’ve still yet to endorse McCain).