Carly Fiorina says she would run her presidency like American Idol


America Decides: The political round.
Such is the dream of GOP presidential hopeful Carly Fiorina, who told The Guardian on Saturday that if elected, she would pull at least one governing idea from longtime reality singing competition show American Idol. During her televised speeches, Fiorina says, Americans would be asked to use their smartphones and weigh in on her policy decisions in real time.
"Press one for yes, press two for no," Fiorina told The Guardian. "That technology exists... (and) people would be excited to be engaged in the critical questions of their time."
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Fiorina did not expand on how such a practice would actually work, but I'm sure Ryan Seacrest would be on hand to help us all figure it out.
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Sarah Eberspacher is an associate editor at TheWeek.com. She has previously worked as a sports reporter at The Livingston County Daily Press & Argus and The Arizona Republic. She graduated from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism.
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