Don’t beclown yourself.
Today's candidates have nothing on the Founders and the men who served in the early 1800s. Those men still had a wealth of experience and knowledge prior to getting elected to public office.
The worst thing about Obama, more than his filthy, totalitarian presidency, is how he ruined the traditional precedent of how candidates run for President. Now you got people like Carson, and Herman Cain before him, and Donald Trump making these vanity runs for President. The Presidency has been reduced to an American Idol contest, rather than the prestigious position it was previously before Obama. And Cruz is simply validating this fact.