This is one reason, he said, that even would-be politicians like himself find it hard to sell their message to the citizenry.
Plato's Academy is often said to have been a school for would-be politicians in the ancient world, and to have had many illustrious alumni.
I have great trouble with this as a would-be politician.
Politicians and would-be politicians have had skeletons in their own closets rattled.
The film focuses on an African American woman who is coerced into marrying a corrupt would-be politician.
For a would-be politician, the post may be the first line on a resume of elected offices.
Max Kennedy's story did not seem that of an inept, would-be politician.
Margaret Thatcher shaped me as a girl, a woman, and a would-be politician".
That "mess" has discouraged many would-be politicians from trying to build a career here.
Indeed, to many would-be immigrant politicians, the party is often seen as more of a hindrance than a help.