But on a realistic view, American voters want someone they can recognize. Don Trump has name recoginition as an icon of money and as a TV personality. There are probably enough American voters who would vote for a movie star like Brad Pitt or Matt Damon for president to make a reasonable showing.

The whole process is now run with money, money, and money. The television ads are 30 second bites that tell nothing of the candidate. Basically, it is just looking for the best star power - as Richie pointed out earlier when he mentioned the Kennedy-Nixon Debate when Nixon had a stubbly 5 o'clock shadow and sweat on his upper lip. That lost to the well coifed hair and smiling teeth of JFK.