What would a wazoo aperture like Lauer know about principles, let alone conservative ones?
Liberals, like Lauer, need to work on a set of principles of their own first. Being unprincipled doesn’t give you very much insight into conservative principles. But, just like they don’t have a popular budget proposal so they attack conservatives for whatever they come up with. Liberals are so pathetic but really great at spin.
For Leftists, principles are like the homeless: A weapon with which to attack their enemies, and nothing more.