>>Let us choose our candidate without being manipulated.<<
The problem is that you never really know for sure whether or not you’re being manipulated. Take Ted Cruz. He supposedly is saying what the anti-ethanol-subsidy crowd wants to hear (I’m in that crowd, by the way), but do we really know how big a priority it will be if he’s elected? Or whether it will be a distraction for a time?
For that matter, once he’s faced with people who will face immediate loss of jobs and investment if he cuts the ethanol subsidy to zero and the mandate to zero in one fell swoop, will he relent and go at it more gradually, much the same as Walker has suggested he would do?
Cruz could be pandering to us, just as Walker is almost certainly pandering to the ethanol crowd. And both could be sincere. I’ve been on a board before, and sudden change isn’t always the right course. Sometimes it’s more important to just get the direction changed and figure out a reasonable time span for phasing something back out. Otherwise people who’ve spent years setting up for the old direction of things have their legs cut out from under them and you lose them forever.
What recommends Walker to people over any other candidate is that he’s, oh hell, I’ll say it, he’s walked the walk. We know with certainty what he’ll do if it’s possible to get it done. What more can any conservative ask, I ask you?
Of course nothing is ever 100% guaranteed however Cruz has been consistent in his statements regarding ethanol. He said much the same last year in Iowa and had introduced legislation to phase it out within 5 years.
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/214430-ethanol-is-explosive-for-cruz-and-paul
video:
http://whotv.com/2014/03/19/ethanol-standard-sen-cruz-against-mandate/
When one is comparing candidates consistency and truthfulness goes a long way to ensure confidence in this voter.
There is no denying that Walker has done very well in WI as a governor. It pays to remember that he had little dissention within his own ranks. It won’t be so easy in DC. One has to ask themselves how Ted Cruz would have done as a governor of a state with the same circumstances. Would he have been just as successful? Knowing what I know about him and his past record I believe that he would have.
One or two inconsistent statements isn’t earth shattering but when it becomes a pattern you have to think about that person a bit and wonder what they really believe in.
Thank you for your input.