Definitely not the future (more like the past, really...), but he's good people....I've met him a couple of times. He talks a lot and loves to put his foot in his mouth, but he's passionate about what he does and has an amazing political ability to connect with people and understand their concerns. Also, he was the poorest person in the senate, where he served for something like 25 years, which probably says something about his personal ethics...
But sure, the fact that he says some ridiculous shit sometimes probably trumps all that.