Democracy for idiots

I know that brain-dead cable news polls are an old story ... but really, could a comedy writer have dreamed up a better parody of a question?

In actual Headline News news, Time Warner Cable has begun carrying the Comcast-produced local "Newsmakers" program in Kansas City. It airs at :55 every hour on HLN. Yours truly has sat in the replica Oval Office at the Truman Library and been quizzed by Mike Shanin for this interstitial.