wet dog

The measuring bar has changed, but I'd take someone who has labored by his own strength to build fortune and opportunities for himself and others.

One also with proven executive experience.

I can think of several jobs that are by far much more difficult then that of president or senator. School teacher, police officer, firefighter are three vocations with verticals that have uper executive rolls at district, state and federal levels.

I'd take a multi national energy executive with banking/bond experience or a rurual telephone company executive responsible in making payroll for 5,000 direct employees, a timber lumber manager, a rancher, the director of a port authority. An economist, a child hospital administrator, or the guy down the street.

The greatest leaders this country has ever had have come from its ranks, those closely connected to its citizens, approachable, average, common.

In our simularities, we maintain our core.