The danger is that Mr Obama risks being seen to be pandering to populism.

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There are elections to be won by pandering to those who fear this proposed change.

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Mr. SIERRA: Well, the Republican Party is very sensitive right now to the issue of multiculturalism in the extreme sense, and so perhaps, in that sense, I could understand how that be perceived as pandering to multiculturalism.

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Social Democrats accuse the would-be tax cutters of pandering to the rich.

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So, with any luck, will be the pauses for pandering.

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The goal of such an investigation would not be to merely expose pandering to the industry, but to establish standards that Commissioners and staffers would have to meet annually to demonstrate a commitment to investor concerns at least equal to their responsiveness to industry.

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The dream of home ownership should not be subject to political manipulation and pandering.

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But the persistent pandering to the coal sector there may be digging West Virginia in a hole from which it cannot emerge.

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It is certainly harder than pandering to voters who firmly believe the budget can be balanced by eliminating foreign aid and government waste.

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But the reason why he hasn't endorsed the former Massachusetts governor is because of Romney's social politics, which used to be more in line with Bloomberg's before he started pandering to the religious right.

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