What kind of people can succeed (иметь фуррор) in politics? What

What kind of people can succeed (иметь фуррор) in politics? What traits of character should they have?
1) Here is an opinion of a modern expert about the problem.
Are there any unexpected ideas?
Any politician who wants to win should be a real personality (персоною). He/she should have a will (волю) to win and a wish to have power. He/she should use power not for his/her own needs but for improving the situation in the country.
A good politician should have an ability to risk and to love risking if he/she wants to win. He/she should be able to take non-traditional decisions and to give up (жертвовать) some people from his/her team. If a good politician understands that some people cant perform their functions he/she should change them and forget how hard it was. A politician, who cant change some members of the team when it is necessary will lose. Its very important for a politician to have clever advisors but it is he/she who is responsible for the decisions. Though people often say that a politician who has clever advisors is not clever!
Political decisions may be ruthless (жестокие) for some people and good for the majority of the people. So, a good politician should be ready to take ruthless decisions.
A politician who follows one and the same strategic Iine and doesnt revise his/her ideas wont live a long life in politics. But again, people may say that he/she has no will to finish something!
No image-maker can help a person who is nothing. It is impossible to improve nothing. Image-makers and advisors can add only 15-20% to the image of a politician.
The power should be used by a politician not for power itself but for achieving definite aims.