I'd say the core skill of politicians is to get elected.
Writing good laws is not entirely unimportant, but it is a much smaller factor. And, as you say, they have experts to help out with that stuff.
Writing good laws is not entirely unimportant, but it is a much smaller factor. And, as you say, they have experts to help out with that stuff.
In the US, this could easily be mitigated with shorter campaign cycles.