Don’t know too many people outside of the fringe that are going to get in a twist over that. He was drafted as far as I’m concerned.
Drafted? Very nice spin job. I'm impressed. And you might even get a few folks to believe that. Too bad for them. They'll waste their vote on a man who will tell them whatever they want to hear to get their vote and then do whatever he wants after he gets in.
But your rationalization is exemplary of the bigger problem you raise. It has been, for too long, a fringe idea to expect our political leaders to keep their promises. Character doesn't matter like it used to. You're right about that. The Bible says a good man keeps his word even when it hurts him to do so. I guess not too many people believe that anymore. My dad was that kind of man, and I was always very proud of him for that. To me, anything less than that just isn’t a real man, no matter what state he comes from.
But I'm betting the farm that you are wrong about people caring about this. The driving force that energized the Tea-soaked 2010 victory for conservatives is that we thought we were getting a new batch of citizen politicians who would actually keep their promises to represent our interests faithfully in congress, despite severe temptation to cave to the system. We have been disappointed with some of them, and others have been faithful. Which of these do you think the Tea Party will reward in 2012? People who can break their promises when it suits them, or people who keep their word even when it costs them? I'm betting on the promise-keepers. You can do as you please. Come the primaries we will find out which of us has placed the better bet.