Of course, good politicians do not have to be great students, or even come from great schools. One should not have to have unbounded idealism to expect that something, whether fresh ideas or relevant experience or community activism, would be a prerequisite for front-runner status. While Massachusetts has had its share of Kennedys in office, none were named Maxwell. For most of its existence, the federal government has placed some sort of levy, sometimes superficial and sometimes deep, on the financial estates of its citizens. While it is impossible to tax the political estates of its elites, it is possible for the citizens and the media to apply a figurative estate tax in the form of added scrutiny on those who would crawl into office by virtue solely of their good names.
True democracy demands that the political arena be a free market of ideas.
The financing of campaigns today tilts that arena enough as it is. I do not want to begrudge the son of daughter of a politician from trying the same craft.