Agree you do not have to be in a "High IQ Club" to succeed in life but "reading the room" to save your hide doesn't sit well with me neither. To me "reading the room" is synonymous with "going along with" and those are both "ant-draining the swamp" merits. I am all for "draining the swamp", term limits and to be honest the "two party system" is not working with way too much power and money totally controlling elected officials. No more middle of the road any more......it's "my way or the highway". To me, just my opinion, I kinda liked Massie for the fact that he was not afraid to "go against the grain". He was just another victim of the "my way or the highway mentality" I mentioned previously. I liked and supported most of our current POTUS policies but think he is carrying over too much of his former reality TV show into his Presidency. It never hurts to have a little "outside" way of thinking whether you agree or not........a quote from my wife. LOL!