Let me understand your reasoning for Hardiman is he is a career politician? I think the less experience the better if the person is a man of principle. I have nothing against Bill but his time has passed. The aspect that you dislike about Justin makes him appeal to me and many others who are sick of the status quo.
Career politician? Who's the career politician here?
Bill Hardiman honorably served our country in Vietnam long before Amash was born, and didn't enter politics until he was 45. (I don't know his employment experience before politics, but it seems he earned his degrees as an adult.)
Justin Amash went to high school, went to college, went to law school (graduated 2005) and almost immediately started running for office (2007-2008 election cycle). Has he ever been exposed to the real world? Has he ever held a real job?
Amash might make a fine Congressman. But my preference is always to go with the veteran, the businessman, the community leader, the proven public servant in the best sense of the term, over some kid trying to make himself a career on the public dime.
I’ve got nothing against career politicians that vote the right way, but, iif you have a problem with it, it is Justin Amash who decided—apparently straight out of college—to become a career politician. Bill Hardiman got into politics much later in life.
I prefer Bill Hardiman because he is experienced and proven, and won’t get voted out after two years because he’s never faced a real election before. It makes no sense to pick the apple before it’s ripe; I think that Amash should get a little more experience and collect a few more battle scars before he’ll have earned a congressional nomination. He’s got a bright future, but he’s really getting ahead of himself running for Congress instead of for reelection to the state house.