Quote Originally Posted by MadMojoMonkey View Post
The only thing that really bothers me about House of Cards is that I can't figure out how someone with apparently no political acumen got elected president in the first place. Does anyone else see that as a serious hole in the plot? Did I forget some one-off explanation for how it happened?
Walker bothers me, yeah. Not because of the lack of political acumen though. It's the lack of political acumen as well as any sense of charm. Presidents usually have one or the other, if not both. W had the latter but not the former.