Our host chooses this path as we all choose to live in this squalor we call life...
"Then we deserve to fail as a nation, and fail we shall." ...

He has the precise vocabulary and evidently health to move forward as the leader should any of his fellow volunteers persuade him to be the chosen one. How would he use the hammer when roadblocks were placed before him? Would his brain trust and implementation team be able to execute targets beneficial for the resuscitation of America?

I will stand by his side or carry on with the goal if he becomes impaired if I were to be chosen as a worthy replacement (no FEAR for me).

I will not run for I can barely walk.