Not enough good people want to run for office, you’re stuck with people who have no other options in life than to be politicians.
We certainly have that problem here in PA. Where are our strong GOP candidates? Pat Toomey could have run for governor. Instead, he ‘retires’. I guess I can’t blame him? We had a popular Congressman here in southeastern PA, Jim Gerlach. He got out of politics 10 years ago as a relatively young man. We have waaay too many elected GOP officials who are happy to be right where they are in a safe seat, rather than trying to beat a vulnerable Democrat on the next rung on the ladder.