flip-flopper

Indeed, the term flip-flopper has become one of the dirtiest words in American politics.

CNN.com 2011

Indeed, the term flip-flopper has become one of the dirtiest words in American politics.

CNN.com 2011

The tag of flip-flopper haunts Romney after he shifted positions on issues such as abortion, gay rights and gun control to position himself for the Republican nomination in 2008, after governing more from the center in Massachusetts.

Reuters: Top News 2011

Mitt Romney is often called a flip-flopper because of his range of views on health care.

NPR Topics: News 2011

I'm so tired of Mitt being called a flip-flopper......

Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2011

In the current situation, however, portraying Romney as a flip-flopper would not signal weakness or a lack of masculinity, but would tap into suspicions that he is not a true conservative.

Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be Aaron Belkin 2012

According to today's New York Times, the president's advisers are debating whether to characterize Mitt Romney in terms of his inconsistency on important policies (flip-flopper), his support for far-right positions that are out of touch with the moderate middle (extremist) or a combination of both.

Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be Aaron Belkin 2012

Finally, while Romney certainly is a flip-flopper and the Mitt vs.

Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be Aaron Belkin 2012

Dogged as a flip-flopper in 2008 for his repeated policy shifts to the right, Mr. Romney is running this time as the unflappable former businessman and nonpolitician.

Romney, in Shift, to Court Tea Party Neil King Jr. 2011

So the characterization of Romney as a flip-flopper could reinforce one element of his general election strategy.

Aaron Belkin: Mr. President: Depict Romney as the Extremist He Claims to Be Aaron Belkin 2012