Me:  Hi, my name is Chuck and I'm an extremist.

Crowd:  Hiiiiiiiiii Chuck!!! (loud applause)

Yep, after years of denial, I've finally seen the light.  That great Sage of the Senate and orator extraordinaire, Harry Reid, has helped me to understand the error of my ways.  With his guidance, I'm on the road to recovery.

-Old Chuck was extreme for believing it's disastrous to give congress and the president a blank check.
-New Chuck says, "More of everything!!!"

-Old Chuck was extreme for pointing out that a constitutional amendment is necessary to bind future congresses.
-New Chuck says, "Of course I trust you Mr. Congressman."

-Old Chuck was extreme for insisting on actual, rather than illusory cuts...and not just to the rate of growth, but to raw spending levels.
-New Chuck says, "Cuts?"

-Old Chuck was extreme for positing that the only way to preserve a legitimate and necessary social safety net is through intelligent reforms that reflect dramatic demographic shifts and new economic realities.
-New Chuck says, "Like hell you'll touch my Medicare!!!"

-Old Chuck was extreme for suggesting that Obama's redistributionist policies are hurting most of the people they're intended to help.
-New Chuck says, "We'll never run out of other people's money!!!"

-Old Chuck was extreme for thinking a stimulus should stimulate.
-New Chuck says, "Keynes rules!!!"

-Old Chuck was extreme for mentioning that the economic collapse of Western European social democracy is a warning shot across the United States bow.
-New Chuck says, "Viva la Greece!!!"

-Old Chuck was extreme for implying that the President's efforts to jumpstart the economy are like a golfer trying to fix a slice.  The more he aims to the left, the worst the result.
-New Chuck says, "FORE!!!"

Come to think of it, that might also be the Obama 2012 campaign slogan.

See, I knew there was a good reason he was hitting the links so much.

That's New Chuck speaking, by the way.