One of the big problems with politics is that it requires people of ambition to actually go through the effort of getting themselves into office. The worth kind of people are those who actually relish running for office and discuss the pleasures of campaigning.

Point of fact, in early American history, it was considered distasteful to announce that you were interested in running for office. People just wanted to be voted fort without being named as official candidates. Thomas Jefferson refused to make any public announcement of his candidacy for the presidency in 1796, and it mostly fell on to James Madison to lobby for him and arrange for his running.