Not really, even if there are no legal term limits, a politician can still term limit themself and you have the same perverse incentives to ignore their constituents. The only real threat is impeachment/recall.
"Pander" is a pejorative for satisfying one's constituents, which shouldn't be seen as a bad thing. It's the difference between a representative and a ruler. And Senators were responsive to state legislatures, which are responsive to voters.
Except that is adding more layers and given that Senators have longer terms than most state legislators they have even less inclination to be responsive to individual voters. Anyway if you read the history of the Framers it is very clear they were very wary of appealing directly to voters, pander or satisfy one's constituents if you prefer.
Actually now he's removed the chains of campaign finances so maybe he isn't speaking for his campaign donors any more? You think our politicians speak for their constituents or donors?
In all likelihood, Trump "begged" him to reconsider retirement and to support his agenda and when that didn't work, Trump went nasty. It's a common habit of his.
When some one lies so often, you don't need to. But I would expect that to come up and he will answer it at some point.
He has denied it now. CNN reporting that trump planned to endorse corker. As for his nonsense about Secretary of State, trump publicaly praised corker as a candidate and corker pulled his name out of consideration. Corker also was allegedly one of many who declined a VP offer
Trump is the type of bully when you pop them between the eyes, they freeze and their eyes water up. Trump is Charmin soft and has the temperament of a high school girl.
likewise, Drumph didn't deny what Corker had said, that Drumph lacks the competence and stability WH is an adult day-care center,
Anytime someone has a beef with trump it's always a fill in the blanks "he asked me to ____ and I turned him down ____ now he's all angry."
In the interview Corker says his concerns about Trump are shared by nearly every Senate Republican. Such brave Patriots to stand up to Trump and put him in line. Other than Corker and maybe McCain/Graham it’s crickets from these cowards who have the power of over Site and can remove Trump from office if Congress was to ever Impeach him. But what do they do with that power... crickets... and let radical bigots like Roy Moore take their seats because apparently the answer is to just voice your concerns in private and then step away to let radical Trump fanatics take over Congress and the Senate to give Trump real un-checked power. Real Patriots in the Republican Party. And the fact that Corker is speaking out will probably label him a liberal with the Trump fans. One of the most fiscally conservative guys in government is now a liberal to these idiots.
