Focus on Principles, not some Hypothetical "Center"

SEE HERE  I've been listening to the political nonsense of pundits and media talking heads all my life and they are spin meisters but rarely if ever are they really right in the sense of principles.  They are great at Monday morning quarterbacking when their advice turns sour and they crow like well crows when their advice is correct.  All in all however they are simply opportunists.  Thomas Sowell points out here that standing for something it better than just maneuvering yourself to some hypothetical centrist position that will get you the most votes from the least attentive.  Stand for something and you have integrity.  If you just position yourself on the political landscape strategically what you have certainly communicated is that you stand for nothing.