Ed Kilgore over at Washington Monthly has a must-read, picked up from CBN's Brody File and connecting several other dots.
Short Version: Walker's faith gives him total certainty he is doing the Right Thing as governor. From last year, Kilgore links to a piece by Diana Butler Bass:
Before he was elected governor, Walker shared his testimony with a group of Christian businessmen. In it, he said that his religious life was expressed in the words of an old hymn, “Trust and Obey.” From childhood onward, Walker recounted how God specifically directed his life, how he had learned to trust that direction, and how he sought to obey Christ in all things and at all times. He related the biblical story of the apostle Peter in a boat, whom Jesus directed to walk on the water. At first, Peter followed Jesus and did, indeed, walk upon water. But Peter became fearful and sank. According to Walker, this is a parable of the whole Christian life. If you “fail to trust and obey,” Walker said, “You sink.” Doubt is not allowed. Only obedience.
From my laptop's dictionary:
megalomania |ˌmegəlōˈmānēə|
noun
obsession with the exercise of power, esp. in the domination of others.
• delusion about one's own power or importance (typically as a symptom of manic or paranoid disorder).
DERIVATIVES
megalomanic |-ˈmanik|adjective
Walker will not change course, unless the statements he makes in the interviews at CBN are as much BS as his other pubic statements. Recall is the only solution at this point.
Faith is a double-edged sword, rather like the Force if you want a pop-culture analogy.
I see it as a quality you need to have to act in a world where you can never have all the information you need, where you can never foresee all the consequences of your actions - but you must still act in faith that you have done everything possible to make the right choices. This is the leap of faith you hear about - and it's useless if not accompanied by the ability to question that faith if the results turn out not as you intended. It involves learning, growth.
Or, you can use Faith like a magic wand to excuse any course of action you wish to take, regardless of facts or the desires of others, or indeed anything. Facts don't matter in this sense of the word, because belief is all: belief in Divine Sanction, Certainty in one's self, the view that opposition of any kind validates your faith. There is no room for doubt or humility - or learning. It's the ultimate in arrogance.
It's the kind of faith practiced by sticking fingers in one's ears and going "La, La, La" in the face of the real world, while blood runs and bodies pile up.
One guess what kind of faith Walker practices. It's the kind of faith that makes "Christian Businessmen" an oxymoron.
And it's on the march.