In America, the saying goes, anyone can grow up to be president. Well, “anyone” did, and now it seems like everyone else wants to try. One of Barack Obama’s few accomplishments as president is that he has substantially lowered the bar for future aspirants. In retrospect, it is still mind-boggling that citizens of the most powerful nation on earth, presumed leader of the free world, risked its governance on a community organizer of little note, a senator for less than one term with no legislative achievements to speak of. It should not be a surprise when the country that elects...