Talk:Triangulation (politics)

message: Could someone clarify the difference between Triangulation and Middle-of-the-Road stances?  I suppose Triangulators try to capitalize on the other "wing's" stance on an issue, but the term does, in some ways, seem to imply a middle-of-the-road approach. 209.212.22.30 (talk) 22:31, 21 May 2009 (UTC)
thread_title: Middle-of-the-Road

message: <>Another example of would be Tony Blair's support of the Iraq War which has led to a rebellion on the Labour Party against him in Parliament.<I>
This is not an example of triangulation; to be triangulation, it would have to be Tony Blair trying to dominate the Conservative's position on Iraq. As it happens, most Conservatives were against the Iraq war too. If anything, Blair's position on Iraq was anti-triangulation - it was one of the (some would say) few cases where he did something out of conviction.
A better Blair example would be his position on immigration, where as Shadow Home Secretary and then Labour leader, he tried to out-flank the Tories (see Nick Cohen's book "Pretty Straight Guys" for more details).
P.
--Paul Moloney 12:08, 23 January 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: General

message: From the main article:
"It also forced Kerry to defend positions that he took which he may or may not have actually had."
If anything brings back to mind the weirdness of the 2004 campaign, that sentence does.
--Catawba (talk) 19:32, 29 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Deja Vu 

message: How is this NPOV?
"Triangulation was emulated during the 2000 presidential election in the Bush campaign's use of the term 'compassionate conservative'. Unlike Bill Clinton, the Bush Administration's actual policies didn't reflect their rhetoric. The subsequent Bush campaign returned to the 80's tradition of focusing on appealing to more partisan voters using so-called wedge issues."
In fact, it is all merely opinion.
And this:
"Many rank-and-file Democrats use the term 'triangulation' as a pejorative, sometimes in reference to the Democratic Leadership Council. They believe that triangulation has led to multiple electoral defeats and eroded the principles of those who use the strategy."
There is no citation given for this and (1) what is a "rank-and-file" Democrat, (2) where on the right-left political spectrum is this "rank-and-file" Democrat, and (3) assumes the policies of the Democratic Leadership Council are somehow rightist.
TuckerResearch (talk) 02:35, 29 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  How is this NPOV? 

message: What the? Triangulation? Ok I can see why someone might label him as such, but can anyone cite it? Rudd is quoted describing himself as third way, but triangulation? Timeshift (talk) 15:15, 13 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Unless an academic source talks about it - which I doubt they necessarily would, as Kevin Rudd isn't a particularly good example - it's WP:OR and should not be in the article. Orderinchaos 11:55, 15 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Kevin Rudd and triangulation 

message: According to Founding Brothers, Madison was the first to use triangulation, although it was named apparently in the twentieth century.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.25.1.49 (talk) 00:58, 9 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  First Use? 

message: It is often referred to[by whom?] as "Clintonian triangulation".
May I suggest: 
It was often referred to by faceless staff reporters at media conglomerates which straddle the globe as "Clintonian triangulation".
— MaxEnt 11:41, 4 January 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  the tribbles of attribution 

message: This is as old as politics, and seems to present the idea as something new and inventive. The only thing original about it is putting a new title on the practice and claiming it's a new thing, BUT WAIT that's also a con as old as time itself. It's appealing to keep this as a novelty, as it does make me chuckle a bit thinking how pleased with himself Morris must have been when he sold the idea as original.
If anyone does go for the delete be sure to ping me, I'll back the decision. Tacticomed (talk) 02:21, 18 October 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  if i hadn't been through the process once before I'd nominate this article for deletion