Appointments That Serve the Country

Not the Party, Not the Donor, Not the Deal

Campaign Briefing: Decoupling Partisan Politics from Governance

2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN

March 23, 2026

I. This Is Where Trust Begins — or Ends

Every time a president names someone to a federal post, the country is watching. Not always consciously. But watching. Because those appointments are a signal — a declaration of who the president really works for.

Too many of those signals, for too long, have said the same thing: I work for the people who helped me win.

That stops with this administration.

The Constitution gives the President the power to appoint. It does not give the President the right to use that power as a reward system. Those are two different things, and the difference matters enormously — not in theory, but in your daily life. The people running federal agencies determine whether your veterans' benefits arrive on time, whether your food is safe, whether your community gets the infrastructure investment Congress already authorized and funded. When those posts are filled by the loyal instead of the qualified, you pay the price.

II. Three Ways the System Broke

It didn't break all at once. It drifted. And it drifted in three directions.

First, executive appointments became spoils. Win the election, hand out the jobs.

Ambassadorships went to major donors. Agency leadership went to campaign allies. Competence became a secondary consideration — sometimes not a consideration at all.

Second, judicial nominations became policy weapons. Presidents stopped looking for jurists and started looking for outcomes. Nominees were selected not for their command of the law, but for the predictability of their rulings. That is not a judiciary. That is a legislature in robes — and it corrodes the legitimacy of every decision those courts hand down.

Third, the Senate confirmation process collapsed into theater. Advice and consent became delay and destroy. Nominees sit for months, sometimes years. Agencies operate with acting officials who hold authority without accountability. The work of government grinds to a halt while senators perform for the cameras.

III. What This Campaign Commits To

We commit to one standard: Does this person have the competence, integrity, and independence to serve the public?

Not: Did they donate? Not: Will they deliver the rulings we want? Not: Do they owe us?

Appointments in this administration will be sourced through a structured, merit-based vetting process — transparent to the public, insulated from political pressure, and subject to clear standards of qualification. We will submit nominees on time. We will provide complete documentation to the Senate. We will advocate for timely up-or-down votes.

We will not play the delay game. And we will not reward it in others.

IV. Why This Matters to You

The person running the agency that inspects your child's school lunch. The judge who decides your neighbor's discrimination case. The official overseeing the contract that builds your town's bridge. These are not abstract positions. They shape real lives.

When those positions are filled with people who earned them, government works. When they're filled with people who bought their way in, government fails. And when government fails, it is never the powerful who suffer first.

This campaign believes the American people deserve a government staffed by those who are there to serve them. We intend to build exactly that — starting on Day One, with the very first appointment.

The office is a public trust. We will treat it that way.

Martin A. Ginsburg, RN 

2028 Presidential Campaign of Martin A. Ginsburg, RN