Congressman Baron Hill isn’t about to become a YouTube celebrity two summers in a row. One year after defining the arrogance of incumbency by telling a room full of constituents that they weren’t going to tell him how run his Congressional office… you know, because it belongs to him… Congressman Hill is opting for a carefully managed town hall meeting via telephone.

The Congressional recess last summer defined voter discontent with Democrat policies. Now, skittish Democrats aren’t about to host forums where voter outrage can be on full display. Not again anyway, and certainly not before an election where Democrats expect to incur massive electoral losses.

Those constituents who want to participate must first complete a registration form and provide their name, phone number, e-mail address and zip code. Democrats now require more information from constituents to participate in town hall meetings than they want to require from people to vote or enter the country.

Funny… sort of.