Liberals Don't Know How To Take Their Own Side In An Argument, Want Compromising Leaders

Jamelle Bouie from the Pew survey—the slice of the electorate most likely to have down-the-line leftwing views on the issues also thinks the right leadership approach is to compromise a lot:

If you compare Pew's typology groups on "Politics & Elections" and particularly, "support for compromise," you'll find that 70 percent of solid liberals like elected officials who "compromise with those they disagree with." By contrast, only 17 percent of "staunch conservatives" agree. The rest — or at least, 79 percent — prefer elected officials who stick to their positions.

The old joke is that a liberal is someone too open-minded to take his own side in an argument, and there's evidently something to that.