First posted here in 2008.
Lewis Black suggested in one of his comedy routines a better way to select the president.
As soon as the next American Idol is chosen, blindfold them and have them throw a dart at a map of the U.S. Then take a monkey, put a parachute on him, and drop him from a plane at the spot where the dart hit. The first person the monkey takes by hand, that’s the president.
Works for me.