Rick Shenkman has already made some money underestimating the intelligence of the American voter*. His 2008 book is called Just How Stupid Are We?
Apparently, he's still looking for an answer to that question, or at least getting lots of responses to it.
Note the picture of the swinging monkey on the cover of his latest book, .
There might be an evolutionary reason for the way we make choices about political leaders. Rick Shenkman walks us through what he found.
*H.L. Mencken is often misquoted; to a riff on what he actually wrote.
