[Howlin]

but I'm of the opinion that time spent in the useless politicking of congress doesn't make people less effective the more they are exposed to it.

Yes! Yes! One thing she won't have is all those "handlers" and "hangeroners!"

[HairOfTheDog]

You quoted where I said it wrong (I corrected it) but I think you got my gist anyway. Congress turns good productive people into blathering blowhards. It doesn't impress me as a place to ~get~ qualified to be president. The less political history a person has, the more like real people they are.