Dole may have thought this was strategy and it was, but it was his enneagram strategy. Nines do not have a clear grasp of what is primary and what is secondary and they are not organized thinkers, as a rule. What the frustrated writers report is just the muddled, wandering, unprioritized, global thinking of a nine. In a certain way they don't think clearly, especially with words. Clinton's speech patterns reveal the life struggle of the nines.
Nines tend to merge with their environment, go with the flow, include everyone.
They are often leaders because they know what everybody else wants and that is what they want. Clinton is not our only recent nine president. Reagan is a nine. His falling asleep was metaphorical - nines are oblivious to themselves. Reagan's cheerful oblivion was one way the nine minimizes life's struggles.