We are our own worst enemies. We dont elect the best and brightest to lead us. The nomination process that you have to subject yourself, your family and your friends to is flawed - you get torn apart for the slightest of human errors and vilified as a racist, mysoginist, xenophobe or countless other labels for actions committed in your youth, or in your formative years in general. Forgiveness is at a minimum. Smart, intelligent and influencial thinkers see that and make the decision NOT to run for the most part. What we are left with are mostly those who crave power and influence and have narcissistic tenancies...there are exceptions but they are in the minority. Not having term limits also reduces the opportunity to get rid of the useless unfortunately...leaving us with the swamp we have today.