I just finished reading a great article by Chris Cilizza (People hate Congress. But most incumbents get re-elected. What gives?).
It got me thinking.
Personally, I'm not mad at Congress as a whole. I'm mad at a couple individuals who can't seem to wake up and get with the times. Those few are causing most, if not all, of the gridlock we see today.
So, I've come up with an idea for a poll of sorts. I'm aware that this would most likely be fairly expensive and time consuming, but it would really give everyone a true sense of how the entire country views each person's own representatives.
Pollsters should go to each and every district around the country and pull a sample (as statistically similar as possible) from each. Asking them four different questions.
1) Who are, in your opinion, the top two senators at fault for causing the problems in Washington? Why?
2) Who are, in your opinion, the two senators who are best suited to lead to solutions? Why?
3) Who are, in your opinion, the top five representatives at fault for causing the problems in Washington? Why?
4 Who are, in your opinion, the five representatives who are best suited to lead to solutions? Why?
With these question, we could see who the country, as a whole, blames for the problems. And, that person in Ohio, who voted for John Boehner, can see the mistake he made.
