He's been courting rich donors and shifted a lot of his positions from before. I see this type of thinking a lot, which is basically accusing the candidate of

He's been courting rich donors and shifted a lot of his positions from before. I see this type of thinking a lot, which is basically accusing the candidate of being corrupted by the larger stage, that somehow they were pure and honest before. The better explanation is that they were an opportunistic liar the entire time, adjusting their positions as the political audience dictated. After all, the best evidence that some candidate is a narcissistic opportunist is that they would run for office in the first place. “Not my preferred candidate!” some will argue. But yes, your candidate too.