KC Political Dictionary : "Consensus Builder"

I was going to have a pool amongst the volunteers to see who could predict the first opponent to use the phrase "consensus builder" and when it would first appear in the campaign. Sadly that phrase already went out in a letter last summer. There's a lot of words and phrases you will hear politicians use. They don't always mean what you think they should, so I'm going to be offering handy installments to help you out. In honor of my pool that never was, today's phrase: Consensus Builder. con·sen·sus build·er One who facilitates an opinion or position reached by a group as a whole: “I honed my consensus building skills as president of... blah blah blah". A cliche phrase used by politicians in an attempt to make themselves sound like a leader. See also: "People Person" and "Team Player"