Something interesting occurred to me this evening. I believe the reason Congressmen are rarely ever elected to the office of President is because they can and do hide behind a group and nuance themselves into obscurity.
Let me give you an example:
If you are governor of a state and someone asks a question, you must respond.
If you are a Congressman, it is much less difficult. You don't take positions. You propose and vote on bills. And if you don't propose bills, all you do all day long is respond to bills.
This is the problem. If you ask a Senator what shape something is, he may respond, "It is a rectangle." The governor may respond, "this shape is a square." If someone measures the shape and determines it is a square, the Senator can say, "you see, I was right. A square is a rectangle." If the determination comes back and says it is a rectangle, the Senator can say, see I was right. You were wrong. It is a rectangle, not a square."
Average people can see right through this. And these people generally don't get elected to an office like governor or President.
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