Early Friday five.

Top five examples that suggest that the Democratic Party should consider taking the Program Evaluation class I'm currently taking due to their inability to formulate an unbiased question in the survey I received in the mail today, in no particular order:

• "Thinking about Democrats' role in the 2008 campaigns, which of the following strategies do you think is the key to electing Democrats in 2008? Please choose one answer only." (My personal favorite option is, "Democrats need to invest in all smart and strategic plans in order to win in 2008." Way to avoid specificity and accountability!)
• "How important is eliminating the Republican culture of corruption in Congress to restoring the public's faith in our government?"
  
• "How aggressively should Democrats investigate potentially illegal and unconstitutional actions by the Bush administration?"
  
• "Should the Medicare prescription drug benefit plan be reformed to make it less confusing to seniors?"
  
• "How seriously will the Republican failure to fully fund the No Child Left Behind Act impact our children's future?"

It's almost as if answering "not important," "not aggressively," "no the Medicare plan is JUST GREAT" or "not seriously" should have in parenthesis "(note: choosing this option will make you look like an asshole)."

The other thing that kills me about this survey is the part on universal health care: "Should every American be guaranteed access to quality health care?" "Should Congress take steps to extend universal health care coverage to every child?" "Should Congress extend health care coverage to all low-income Americans who can't afford health insurance?"

The answer options are all black and white, yes and no. Where is the "well of course but not before you show me how the hell we are going to pay for it without it detracting from all the other woefully underfunded social services due to spending trillions of dollars on an unwinnable war and without increasing the minimum wage we're not France or Canada for Christ's sake" option when you need it?

(See? I'm a rational liberal, not a crazy left winger. I am!)