>I see this as a reflection of the candidates ability to find and listen to experts. The problem isn't finding experts. There's a lot of smart, well intentione

>I see this as a reflection of the candidates ability to find and listen to experts. The problem isn't finding experts. There's a lot of smart, well intentioned people in DC. (For example, everyone I met from 18F impressed me greatly, and nonprofit organizations like Mozilla have a presence in DC) The problem is that both congressional offices and political campaigns are extremely hierarchical. The culture in a political campaign or senate office is that junior staffers are supposed to be given orders and figure out how to implement them - not suggest different sets of orders.