The telephone rang in our kitchen this weekend, and the recorded voice asked if we would respond to a political survey. My husband grimaced and handed the telephone to me. It was a WUSA Channel 9 poll, surveying responses about the Senate race in Virginia. It was one of those push button polls – push 1 for yes, 2 for no, etc. Near the end of the 15 or so questions was a fascinating one: on a scale of one to 10, how interested are you in the political process? One was not interested; 10 was passionately, overwhelmingly interested. You can imagine what my response was; is there an 11, maybe a 12, on the scale?
