Well, having a political goal and actively pursuing that goal counts as political ambition in my book, regardless if the motivation is personal gain or not. Re

Well, having a political goal and actively pursuing that goal counts as political ambition in my book, regardless if the motivation is personal gain or not. Regardless, I didn't mean that experts shouldn't get involved in politics. It's just that experts care and don't care about politics to the same extent everyone else does. There's no reason why an expert within a given field should be expected to care more than anyone else.