Disagree there. Not everybody has the same skill sets. What makes a great legislator isn't the same set as a great administrator. What makes a great campaigner isn't the same as a great leader. Just because the candidate is lacking in one respect doesn't mean that he or she is deficient in the others. WE are responsible for transforming the party (if that's the goal). WE are responsible for a great organization. WE are responsible for campaigns. Such skills can be learned and the Leadership Institute does a great job of teaching it at a very respectable price. Reagan's greatest skill was getting the grass roots to do that job.
Don't put that all on a candidate. You will disqualify many an able representative that way. This is about SELF GOVERNMENT. We have to do our part too. Among us are great administrators and communicators. Volunteer.
My point is that the candidate is responsible for the campaign, it’s tone, strategy and message. His staff is there to carry out his direction. If he lets the staff run those three things, he’s not a candidate, he’s a robot. An empty suit.
Kind of like 0bama. I think we have way too many of them in Congress, too.
Yes, we need to volunteer. I do, for a number of local races in particular. But the higher the office, the more “centralized” the campaign becomes, and the “operators” take over. That’s what needs to change.