He is not (nor could he be) a career politician, I'll agree with you on that.
He's the LAST thing Texas needs. Texas needs someone with vison, and not the kind of vison that comes from green tobacco.
The last thing politicians need is vision. Government that governs best governs least -- politicians with vision tend to govern most. We need cautious, modest, conservative people in government. Not radicals or visionaries -- leave them to the private sector.