That would be NH’s own Mark Steyn – on the nature and character of Democrat candidates (emphasis mine):
Democrats win by pretending to be to the right of who they really are. Their base understands and accepts this. Thus, when Democrat candidates profess to believe that “marriage is between a man and a woman” or to be “personally passionately opposed to abortion” or even to favor “the good war” in Afghanistan and if necessary invade Pakistan, their base hears this as a necessary rhetorical genuflection to the knuckledragging masses but one that will be conveniently discarded on the first day in office.
And they talk about “dog whistles” on the Right? Ha!
(H/T: Instapundit)