the next presidential election should be done as a reality show. seriously. you’d get more participation that way. throw all the candidates into a house…mccain, hillary, all the rest… for let’s say 4 months before election day. maybe we start with 10-15 candidates and after a few weeks of living together, america starts voting them off by phone. throw in some challenges – dancing, singing, comedy, sports, figure skating – fly them to an exotic location for a few weeks. by november you’ll be down to 2 candidates, and america will vote for the last time, and elect a president. hell the whole world could contribute and pick our new president. i think it’s a brilliant idea.