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With positive ratings for Congress at an all-time low, it may come as no surprise that a plurality of voters nationwide believes a group of people randomly selected from a telephone book would do a better job than the current legislators.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey of Likely U.S. Voters shows that 43% believe a group of people randomly selected from the phone book would do a better job than the current Congress. Thirty-eight percent (38%) disagree with that assessment, while another 19% are not sure.

43% of Americans still know what a telephone book is?
by gk (g k quattro due due sette "at" gmail.com) on Thu Feb 9th, 2012 at 02:47:14 PM EST
you mean there are still people who give a shit what Rasmussen says ?

keep to the Fen Causeway
by Helen (lareinagal at yahoo dot co dot uk) on Thu Feb 9th, 2012 at 02:52:20 PM EST
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Were there such a thing as a national referendum, (and I shudder at the thought), now might be a good time to put forth a proposition to select congressmen, senators and agency heads by sortition, as Migeru has suggested. But we probably would simultaneously repeal the Bill of Rights.

As the Dutch said while fighting the Spanish: "It is not necessary to have hope in order to persevere."
by ARGeezer (ARGeezer a in a circle eurotrib daught com) on Thu Feb 9th, 2012 at 03:45:36 PM EST
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