Government by the Phone Book

I confess I find this entertaining and reassuring in equal measure. A new Rasmussen Report in the United States finds that:

Forty-four percent (44%) [of] voters also think a group of people selected at random from the phone book would do a better job addressing the nation’s problems than the current Congress, but 37% disagree. Twenty percent (20%) are undecided.

The entertainment comes from the 20% who aren’t sure and would like a little more time to think about it. But it’s also reassuring. Politicians may dislike people “carping on the sidelines” but then they would, wouldn’t they? Lowering our expectations of politicians and, for that matter, reducing the amount of politics its impact upon our lives would be a pretty good thing.

Megan provides some extra evidence supporting the view that Joe Public (not to be confused with Joe the Plumber) might not be any worse than what our American cousins endure in Congress.