Another group of canidates trying to "clean up government"

         I'm very hestitant about people running for office that say they are going to go in and "clean up Washington." They make it seem like they have the power to just walk in, say "hey, let's completely change how things are done" and really get anything done this way. Fiorina brags in her add how she will bring new blood to Washington, and that her lack of political expierence is a good thing. If elected, in my opinion, she'll end up learning her lesson just like Obama did. The lesson is this: you cannot just march into a political arena forcing your own agenda on seasoned members of the system and be successful. It is necessary to play the game of politics, in order to efficiently get anything done. As the phrase goes, you catch more bees with honey than vinegar. If you play by the rules of Congress, your much more likely to get legislation passed (example: Woodrow Wilson's failed Treaty of Versailles).
      Unfortunately, canidates think this forceful, no-nonsense attitude is something that will attract voters. Meg Whitman proclaims she will go in and run California like she ran private business (though in goverment, she cannot just throw fits and fire a bunch of people like she did at ebay). She talks about how she's not a politician, but neither was Arnold, and no one likes him much anymore. It seems like this approach is not working very well in New York's race for governor. Carl Paladino who claims he will "take a bat to Albany" is quickly falling behind in the polls. According to one recently published in the New York times, a majority of the people polled do not think Paladino has the right tempermant or attitude to be governor. In fact, one republican they interviewed said she though Mr. Paladino was angry in a scary way. It's good to see some people realize that this forceful, stubborn approach to politics is not always what is best for our country.