Cant a craftsman, union leader, nurse, farmer, social worker or public administrator be accomplished and intelligent? Some of you seem to equal intelligence to financial success.
No. The US is too complex and power in the Western Hemisphere is too centralized to have a pipe-fitter in the federal chambers of government. The welders, union leaders, farmers, teachers, nurses, soldiers, athletes, bus drivers, etc can all run for state office, where they are only responsible for a few million people.
Yes, we wouldn't want to give the parasitic bankers and lawyers in D.C. any competition, now would we?