Originally Posted by onetime2

The appraisal process could not be run by "senior" political hacks it would have to be independently run (something akin to a Congressional Budget Office).

As far as "Performace appraisal is an independent media and community engagement with the political process. " the media selectively chooses to report activities of our representatives based on what will generate the most ratings, so that's not viable, and community monitoring is virtually non existent unless the representative in question steps on some toes and people start digging.

Let's just assume that the system would be independently run (whether CBO style or something else) and focus on the measures that you see as important indicators of whether your elected representative is doing his/her job effectively.