Reply #13: Because he says so. It's a faith-based candidacy.

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He says he'll do certain things, so we know he'll do them. We know how he would have voted on the IWR because he told us, even though he also told us he didn't know how he'd have voted.

He's avoided the hard votes, but he's a fighter.

The simple truth is that he's deeply flawed in precisely the same way Hillary Clinton is: he's a serial maneuverer and a ubercautious favor currier. Expecting bold and courageous acts from him is as silly as expecting them from her, except there's one difference: she actually tried something along those lines once, and regardless of the drubbing she took for it, she actually DID it.

They both leave a lot to be desired, but at least there's some acceptance of this reality by many when considering her; far too many have bought the grandiloquent PR of him like the crowd at a 40 Days of Faith Show.