Jack Ganssle's latest column on Embedded.com extolls the virtues of engineers as politicians and describes how Congress would be much more effective if it were populated more fully by engineers. Sorry, Jack, but where you see utopian efficiency I see dysfunctional interpersonal communications and lack of negotiating skills. The engineers I know who have achieved local office rarely rise above the status of troublemaker.

Granted, Jack’s point that the current Congress is deadlocked to the point of ineffectiveness is well-taken, but why does he assume that this is a bad thing?