Obama and Clinton neck and neck
February 5th, 2008
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It’s a little after 10pm CST, and the California polls have just closed, but it’s still too close to call. According to CNN Politics, the Democratic contenders are neck and neck with Hillary Clinton garnering 58 delegates so far, and Barack Obama with 56. California, which has the most delegates up for grabs, is the key.
Put on some coffee, folks, this is going to be a long night.
Investigating the ‘Culture of Corruption’
August 13th, 2007
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Here’s an interesting little article listing current and former members of Congress that are under investigation.
Interesting to note that of the 14 current Congresspeople under investigation, the breakdown is as follows:
Senators:
Republicans: 2
Democrats: 1
Representatives:
Republicans: 8
Democrats: 3
So the totals on that are:
Republican Congresspersons under investigation: 10
Democrat Congresspersons under investigation: 4
Make of this what you will, but I think it definitely has something to do with the fact that a lot of the Republicans have fallen prey to the “culture of corruption” that has taken hold of the party and its leadership and current executive administration.
Why didn’t I think of this? Insanely useful websites…
July 3rd, 2007
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The Sunlight Foundation has a collection of Insanely Useful Links for government transparency. No more can we cry foul that we can’t get the information we need, and that the House and Senate’s websites are too hard to navigate (well, they are! But that’s beside the point). There are many gems in this listing, such as Congressopedia, OpenCongress, OpenSecrets, OpenHearings, and FedSpending, among many others. From these sources, I’m able to see what my House Rep has been voting on, where he gets his campaign financing, what bills he sponsors, who he often votes with, who he often does not vote with, and other great bits of information. This is all information that would have been hard to dig through, but these great sites put it all right there at my fingertips.
You’ve got to love “Web 2.0,” clichéd as it may be.
I’m hoping that one day there will be an OpenWhiteHouse site. We badly need it, especially in light of a president and vice president who feel they are above the law, and that everything should be a secret. What are you two hiding, exactly?
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