Public Opinion: When Are John McCain and Barack Obama's Flip-flops Not Flip-flops?
Under what circumstances is it OK for presidential candidates to change their positions on an issue?
Posted August 5, 2008
Whether on offshore drilling, Iraq, taxes, or a variety of other issues, changes in the policy positions Sens. Barack Obama and John McCain have held have been criticized in the blogosphere and media as either (depending on your political preference) craven flip-flops or leaderlike evolutions responding to changing circumstances. When is it OK for a politician to change his or her previously held policy position? Post your thoughts below.
Previously: Barack Obama and offshore drilling—a flip-flop or real leadership?
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