I agree with you. I do think his foreign policy is more aggressive than he had thought it would be, due to some obvious changes in circumstances he probably didn't fully appreciate back in 2ooo. But in general, he is what he said he would be.
Why is a social conservative considered a conservative but a fiscal conservative considered too extreme to be allowed to speak at the convention? Could it possibly be that the fiscal conservative threatens the slop trough that feeds the hogs at the national level?