It seems we are getting more and more reasons to consider that it's the People that are supposed to have the power and that it is our duty to oppose tyranny by any means possible. Any bets on which party would think the proposition is fine? On the flip side, any bets on which party would oppose it with words, but roll over and let it happen anyway?
I do think that this is a stupid idea, but the reality is that if we dion't have advertising on TV, we'd better be ready to shell out $500 per month for cable. It's just the reality, we pay for what we see by watching the commercials.
I wouldn't be surprised if both parties supported it, depending on how much money was stuffed into their coffers for doing so.
I can see it now, a couple of years down the road...
"Please click your remote to identify and rate the commercials you've just seen. We will then allow you to watch another 5 minutes of '24' before your next required commecial break..."
Seriously... it is so incredibly obnoxious NOW (nevermind what they WANT to do!) that it's really, REALLY tempting just to blow off a season of (fill in the show of your choice here), and wait around for the DVDs to pop up... which will look better, sound better, (hopefully) not be interrupted by commercials every 6 minutes, and (most certainly) not be pre-empted for 2 weeks every other week.