“Hyperbole is the currency of presidential campaigns, but this year the nation’s future truly hangs in the balance,” wrote The New York Times last week in its endorsement of Sen. Barack Obama for president. “The United States is battered and drifting,” the editorial went on to say.

Well you know what? I’m feeling a little battered and drifting, too—from the longest presidential campaign in history. Calgon, take me away!

You know what would make this whole process a whole lot less painful? If we just decided the presidency based on something a lot more fun, like a dance-off:

Thanks, Lisa S.!