Marginal Revolution‘s Alex Tabarrok proposes a far more appropriate method of selecting America’s next political leader: So You Think You Can Be President?:
I suggest a game show, So You Think You Can Be President? SYTYCBP would have at least three segments.
1. Coase it Out: Presidential candidates have 12 hours to get a bitterly divorcing couple to divide their assets in a mutually agreeable manner. (Bonus points are awarded if the candidate convinces the couple to stay together.)
I’m particularly fond of this one, as you might gather. Dahlberg in 2012!