Thread drift but here goes....
I think you'll find that most Americans would rather have a warrior who suffered 5 years as a POW, when he could have gone home after one year but volunteered to say behind. Someone with 25 years of senate experience bucking the "system", as opposed to a smooth talking socialist who's NEVER voted against his party, and who's sum experience is that he wrote two books about himself!
Oh yah....and keeps very "questionable" company!