Should there be a program in place that holds candidates accountable for their promises, should they get elected?

You want candidates held responsible and accountable for the promises they break? We already have such a system. It's called an election. You want term limits? We have term limits. It's called an election. You want a system to removing politicians who break their promises? We have that system. It's called an election. So, who's fault is it that we keep electing and reelecting the same scoundrels time and time again?

ENS (Join to see) it is called informed voters who do not vote as sheep. If we the people actually held our politicians accountable for their campaign promises, and voted out those who failed to follow through, then there would be incentive for politicians to either not make outlandish promises, or to keep the promises they make regardless of how far fetched they seem. The problem is that we have been conditioned to vote R for conservative thinking and D for liberal thinking, and nothing exists in the middle. The problem is that while people are voting R and D, most people's values fall more in the middle of the road. We don't have candidates that represent the middle of the road. In other cases politicians run unopposed for their seats. They don't need to make any promises, or do anything. They are the only name on the ballot so they win by default (mostly in state or local elections). So the structure is in place already, it is just up to us as voting citizens to hold our politicians to task for the promises that are made on the campaign trail.

That's a great concept and I wish it would work. However, instead of candidates standing on a platform saying, "If elected, I promise to......"; we would end up with the same candidate now standing on the same platform saying, "If elected, I promise to TRY to......". The end results, I fear, will be the same.