Salon.com Sounds the Alarm

Shawn Otto, writing for Salon.com suggests that we need to inject more science into the political debate in advance of the election. He puts it thus:

But on the policy side of this cultural change, we haven't kept up. We have been asleep at the wheel when it comes to the expectations we place on our elected officials; we have allowed the wrong issues to sidetrack political debates. No matter one's political flavor, this is a matter of increasing practical concern. In a science-influenced world, we need and deserve leaders who understand the basic rules of the game, or we're going to get shut out.

Already happening.