Interesting food for thought.

Being CPM would be fascinating but ultimately a massive amount of work which passion for the game, the lore, etc simply won't fuel me through, and moreover unlike most of the CPM candidates I am not a numbers oriented individual who can compose spread sheets on a dime.

I'm kind of over the CPM candidate spiel wherein everyone says the same thing about ports, connectivity fixes, etc. We have too many rounded candidates. Where are my those niche candidates who will bring a new dynamic to the CPM?

'Scuse my distillation and potential removal of valid points in an eloquent OP, but basically, the TL;DR is:

Voters are ignorant of a bigger picture