One of my favorite exercises that I do with my basketball analysts goes something like this: “build me the perfect basketball player.” then we go down the categories and list all the best attributes of the players we like. For example: the shooting touch of Ray Allen … the competitiveness of Kobe Bryant … the physique of LeBron James, etc.

So I’d like to try and do the same exercise here, but with politicians, especially those who could be president someday. I’d start with …

The financial skills of Mitt Romney … the street smarts of Rudy Giuliani … etc. Which pols and what skills of theirs do you guys like?