Reply #57: And I agree with you again there.

[Basileus Basileon]

DK's rock-solid support of issues is an incredibly, incredibly valuable asset. I'd rather have him in there than any five pleasant-tempered empty suits. Hopefully he will legitimize those issues eventually. And that is, in a way, a form of leadership.

But it is not the same form of leadership that leads to successful Presidencies. What we call idealism in ourselves, we call fanaticism in others, as the old saying goes. And an idealist/fanatic does not govern well for that reason. I think he's a brilliant man and a inspiring figure. I think he's a great Representative, and a wonderful force on the debate stage. I don't think he'd be a good President.