The logic that seems to be pushing forward the Trumps and Carsons of the world is the belief that politics and politicians are the problem. But what if the problem with our politics is just the opposite? Not enough politicians who are good at politics?
Or think of it this way. Saying what you want to happen to America is pretty easy. Who doesn’t agree with Donald Trump’s goal—“I want to make America great again.” And who doesn’t agree with Ben Carson’s goal “Each generation’s greatest responsibility is to pass on a greater opportunity to the next generation.”
But how about actually making these things happen? That’s where political skill comes in. The Founding Fathers deliberately created a government where two other equal branches of government keep the president from being the king. So that means that presidents have to be adept at dealing with their peers in the political process.
Think about Abraham Lincoln artfully putting together the votes to end slavery or Franklin Roosevelt passing one law after another to move us out of the Great Depression. We often look back at such actions as a product of times of crisis, but they were brutal fights won because of the political talents of the chief executives. One of our greatest problems is we don't have enough skilled politicians.

utting someone in charge running the nation we no political skills is really nuts.