This Rasmussen Report shows just how poor a job the average person believes that Congress is doing at resolving our economic problems. A couple of the findings really stood out:

When it comes to the nation’s economic issues, 67% of U.S. voters have more confidence in their own judgment than they do in the average member of Congress.

To me, this just shows the disconnect between our political leaders and the people. Two thirds of people believe they can do a better job than their congressman/congresswoman.

I think this one was even better:

Forty-four percent (44%) 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.

As read this, nearly two-thirds of voters think we could replace congress with people selected at random from the phone book and have better results. That actually kind of appeals to me. How about "America's Next Top Politician" or "American Congressmember" where we could create a reality show to select our political leaders? Each week, the contestants could answer policy questions and compete in real-world problem solving exercises. Anyone who starts with the usual Washington DC deal-making immediately gets booted. The public could vote on who to kick off the show next week.

Actually, I think "Survivor" is a pretty good model for our current politicians. The ones that get elected have "Outplayed, Outwitted and Outlasted" their opponents in order to get elected.

I think the reality show idea is a great one. I think I'll start working on the constitutional amendment right now. Apparently, the majority of the people don't think the random phone book draw would be any worse than our current system. We'd probably get to know them better in a 13 week TV show than through an expensive year long election cycle.