 Because they're not good at anything else. They have a modicum of ability to persuade. But then so do con men outside of bus terminals trying to steal money from old ladies and teenagers who were running away. I mean, really, let's be honest about this. Let's not sit back and think for a minute that these people go to Washington, D.C. because they are actually the smartest people. Because the smartest people would never have put Joe Biden in that job.