Michael Kinsley, wondering why liberals swoon over Wesley Clark, says:
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Their assessment is based on what seems to me a simple-minded view that you can place all the candidates on a political spectrum, then pick the one who's as far toward the other side as your side can bear, and call it pragmatism.
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Mind you, I think that Joe Lieberman, not Wesley Clark, fits this description best; but it's still a good phrase.