[flada]

I'm inclined to agree with you, but I believe the vast majority of voters would like someone with a proven track record of something. Frankly, running the government is only tangentially similar to running a business.

Just as one example of the differences, businesses that spend more than they make necessarily get smaller and smaller until they go under. When a government spends more than it takes, it gets bigger and bigger as it takes more and more in an effort to throw more money at its problems. There are those few politicians who say "taking/spending more isn't the answer" but the vast majority (even of so-called conservatives) seem to think that spending more money is the way to fix any problem. Even the ones with MBA's from Harvard seem to think this.

[rbmillerjr]

Good news. It's alway good to get publicity for conservative causes.

[Osage Orange]

That's hilarious......

The example you give...IS the EXACT reason we need non-politicians in D.C.