It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism

In this timely book Congressional scholars Thomas E. Mann and Norman J. Ornstein explore the causes of Congress' dysfunction, placing the blame squarely where it belongs, and offer some solutions to get Congress back on track and doing their job: governing effectively.

I found that every example Mann and Ornstein gave regarding Florida politics rang absolutely true, so it's likely the same is true for the politics and politicians wherever the reader happens to live. 

Bottom line?  I think It's Even Worse Than It Looks: How the American Constitutional System Collided with the New Politics of Extremism (#208) should be required reading for every American citizen, preferably before the 2012 elections.