I don't think a successful politician can be knowledgeable about most things. After all, how many of us are.

What is needed is someone who reveres the Constitution, who is honest, and who has the welfare of the people and the country at heart. Someone who can provide direction, while protecting civil rights human rights. Someone who will regard health care for citizens as a right, not a privilege.

He or she can always hire folks who have made it their lives to understand the details.

On the other hand, it is reasonable to expect a politician to understand the issues and speak the language (English) fluently.

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