“Do not know who you mean, but better someone with no achievements (like Lincoln in 1860) than one of the enemy.”
I mean conservative favorites who haven’t proven their abilities as executives, senators and congressmen especially—people like DeMint and Hunter. Just because someone is conservative doesn’t mean they’re qualified to do the job—one that’ll be far more difficult than that facing most presidents. He or she would have to turn the country around now that it’s on the brink of socialism. I don’t think just holding conservative beliefs is enough. A candidate should be tough enough to do the job in a time of cold civil war—which is why I’m down on the gentlemanly types—pols like Pawlenty and Romney. I like people with proven records of reform who know how to fight—Sarah and Rudy.
I agree with you about not nominating long time legislators for President. They tend not to make good executives. In the 20th century the examples were Harding, Kennedy, and Ford (he had a couple of months as Veep, but had been a congressman forever).