Just my humble opinion but, I think you’re giving him too much credit. I think that he was arrogant enough to think that he could get away with it. It’s the typical mindset of the liberal population in general. He figured that he could just lie and walk away from it. That usually does work for the Libs.
Just an aside, I wonder why Drudge isn’t mentioning this on his site?
I can’t speak for Drudge...and you could be right, but I hope not.