Newsweek Poll: A Growing Dissatisfaction

Most Americans see California’s recall election of a celebrity governor as an isolated case, not a trend. But their dissatisfaction with politics-as-usual is growing.

Most of the nation shrugged off the election of Arnold Schwarzenegger this week as California’s new governor, but Americans seem more receptive to the idea of recall elections in general, according to the latest NEWSWEEK poll.

ABOUT HALF OF those polled who live outside of California say the actor’s victory over Gov. Gray Davis on Oct. 7 “doesn’t much matter” to them, but nearly four out of 10 said they would sign a petition to recall their own governor if their state had a recall system like California’s.
Still, it seems few would opt to elect another candidate with a big name but little political experience like Schwarzenegger. Fifty-six percent of Americans say it would be a bad thing if more celebrities without any political experiences got involved in politics at the national level,

http://msnbc.com/news/978672.asp?0cv=CB20

although I do think recalls are a bad thing in general...

At least a majority of Americans appear to recognize the danger in going after celebrity, rather than experience....

But yeah, it's anti-democracy and all.

I wish a majority of Americans recognized the danger of going after image, rather than substance. :-|