So - career politicians are the ones we should stick with? That's surely been working out well.
IF we go with 'seasoned politician' as the prime requisite for a candidate, then we are keeping within "The Establishment."
That will sink us.
Our nation is on the brink of total collapse - maybe 'take over' is closer.
We need to think outside the box.
I'd take West, with his military/commander experience and his proven 'stand his ground' strength, his thorough knowledge and love of our Constitution, his thorough knowledge and experience with our deadly enemy, the mooslimes, and his total disregard of PC - political correctness - over a politician with DECADES of 'experience' as a politician, but who has done little else.
We need someone with the background and experience and INTEGRITY of Lt.Col.Allen West.
Besides, by election, he will have also had 2 years in the web of Washington politics - and, as he has said, he'll have a pretty good grasp of how things work there by then.
And unlike so many that go to Washington with good intentions, only to be cowed by the 'Big Boys' - West backs down to NO ONE.
You want to stick with the same game plan we've used for decades? We'll lose. There is not ONE that has so far declared that can win.
Trying to beat Obama with a black candidate is stupid beyond words!
There is "thinking outside of the box" and utter stupidity; sometimes they are the same thing.