Well we agree on the person but we utterly disagree on everything else. I am most decidedly hung on issues - I don't really care about character or other fuzzy traits if they don't perform the job well. This idea that a decent and intelligent many, or someone with "the right stuff" will automatically handle everything is unrealistic to me. Application is far more important than the foundation.

Granted a moron with no ethics is unlikely to exceed in the role, but to say someone bright and ethical would inherently succeed seems to be missing several important factors.