Timothy Birdnow

Vivek is going to run for Ohio Governorafter DeWine picked someone else to take J.D. Vance's Senate seat. Sadly DeWine is term limited so Ramaswamy can't remove him from office.

Dewine is a huge RINO and we need fewer like him. He won't be missed.

While I generally like Vivek, his attitude towards H1B visas and legal immigration leave something to be desired. He has openly embraced such visas for Silicon Valley on the theory that Americans are lazy and stupid and we need "the best and brightest". What that really means is we need people who are willing to work for less. And if Americans don't have the skills? There was a time we used to TEACH the skills; that was how companies obtained skilled labor. Now they want people ready to do the job at lower pay. If America is lazy whose fault is that? The people who won't give Americans good jobs in the first place come to mind.

But besides that I think old 'Swamy would be a good Governor. Governor is a much better job for a political future than Senator as it gives executive experience to a politician. Senators make terrible Presidents (look at Joe Biden) and they aren't good for much else. Most American Presidents came from governorships.

Which former Presidents were Senators? Biden, Obama, Warren Harding, John Kennedy (who was a huge failure, although he gets good press) were sitting Senators when elected to the Presidency. There were others who once served in the position, notably to become Vice President then President. But only 17 senators have ever served as President and there is a reason for that; it's a job where you delegate all your work to your staff and simply enjoy the fruits of being the Great Man. And you caucus with a group of like-minded folks. The buck doesn't stop at your desk. So Senators turned Presidents end up like Joe Biden, screwing up royally then blaming others. It worked for them in bygone times, after all. A Governor learns to accept responsibility; he has no choice.

So this is the smart move for Vivek. But we'll see what he does with it if and when he goes to Washington.

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