[taildragger]

"He’ll have eight years to figure out what he needs to know about the job. Also, a wealthy person, like Washington, Reagan, and Trump, would be less tempted to cash in on political expediency because he is already wealthy."

If I was going with a Non-Washington insider who would I pick? Well he is wealthy now, and IMHO by default he would help you carry Michigan, and possibly Indiana and Ohio as they produce a lot of Auto related parts. A lot of good will built up turning Ford around, you guessed it Alan Mulally. Talk about a cost cutter and getting into the bowels of things to change the culture of Washington, that is what Mulally did, he changed the Culture of Ford 1st.

[poconopundit]

Excellent thinking!