Theres no doubt about it, Times online readers who participate in the weekly news poll are political creatures. Ask a question about one of Wisconsins favorite pasttimes, deer hunting, and the response is relatively low. But ask a question about politics What letter grade would you give President George W. Bush? and the traffic is fairly busy. The question has been online for just six hours, and we have 91 responses already.

Actually, I kind of like the idea of the grade polls. What would you think if we used the poll to allow people to grade our mayor, our state lawmakers, our county boards, etc.?