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The very best way to become a completely inept and ineffective elected leader is to adopt a hard and fast position on any given issue, and then rigidly stick to it no matter what changes. In Government and politics, nothing happens without compromise (AKA flip-flops in uninformed circles).

Some might say that a candidate or elected leader who modifies his/her position after a lengthy public debate, and after assessing public opinion, is listening to the will of the people. It all depends upon how one likes to spin/distort things.