* Sell themselves to a wide and fickle audience of stangers * Manage a campaign staff It is not necessary that politicians can do either / both, it is just th

* Sell themselves to a wide and fickle audience of stangers * Manage a campaign staff It is not necessary that politicians can do either / both, it is just that they appear to be the least worst option for at least a brief moment in the past. I'm often reminded of that single panel comic where small child says "Dad, I'm considering a career in organised crime" and the father, holding a news paper, says "Government or private sector?".