The truth is that in this age, you can never ever run for any kind of office if you ever said something stupid, controversial, or offensive even once on your life. Or if you ever did something שלא כהוגן or anything embarrassing at all, they’ll chap you on it.
So we end up with the most bland, boring, mediocre, non controversial candidates who never accomplished or did anything useful in their life. The kind of person who never makes mistakes is the same person who never does anything and is useless. But as long as they’re picture perfect, that’s who’s pushing politics.