@blatham,
blatham wrote:
Isn't that true for all of us? Trump, for example, would readily admit this. I'm sure of it.
There's an interesting phenomenon in all this. On the one hand, it is not uncommon for many people to believe that government office is a simple matter and that most anyone could just step in and quickly set things right. Sarah Palin and her supporters for example. Yet on the other hand, if the political post in question is possibly going to be taken over by someone not in one's own party, the challenges of the job become insurmountable.
I'm fairly sure that most of us from time to time ignore relevant complexities in the propositions we put forward. On the other hand, some meaningful innovations come from seeing underlying simplicity that is clouded by merely distracting complexity. This is called wisdom. In the main I believe Trump has indeed concentrated on meaningful simplicities in his principal initiatives. However I agree that he doesn't appear to be one who would readily admit a failing.
Octavio-Cortez is an interesting phenomenon, though I don't think she will wear well over time. Her radical proposals and utterances have certainly got her a lot of attention (perhaps not unlike some of Trump's), but the flaws and non sequiturs in her statements are too numerous and central to the issues she addresses to survive very long.
Successful political leadership required a host of virtues, intellectual, character, and wise understanding of both him/her self and others. Such office rapidly exposes the failings in these areas of all who attempt it.