He might want to bring those long ago positions to the forefront. And forget about nuance if he wants to compete with the maniacal Trump who is single-handedly with no net and no big donors running away with the show.
By nuance I mean that he did not issue a 4-6 word sound bite and then refrain from explaining just how he planned to accomplish the goal.
I did not mean to say that he was avoiding these issues....he has always jumped right into the middle of them.