Fantasy Politics

How do you keep people interested in politics and the political process over time? People, who never normally discuss politics and actually show no sign of political awareness, have been passionately debating the relative merits of candidates like Barack, Hillary, Ron Paul, etc. And it seems that this happens every four years or so with the presidential election and interest swiftly ebbs thereafter.

It's almost... almost... almost like a sports season! And like all sports nowadays, we need a way to play along.

And so I present an idea: www.fantasypolitics.com. A place where you can go to build your own 'dream team' of politicians!

Don't bother visiting the site - it doesn't exist. Yet.

How would it work? Not sure yet, but I was thinking about 'scoring' pols by the number of times they are mentioned in the news media, or perhaps by more of a 'bowl season' mentality around whether they win their elections.

I think I may be on to something here. Compare the relative time spent by the general public on their fantasy leagues vs. considering the impact of, say, the patriot act.

Whaddya think?