Wednesday, February 04, 2004

Cheat Sheet

Dave points out the excellent table on CNN with JUST THE FACTS, M'AM from the yesterday's primary results. When political blogging and political journalism can be fact-based like this, then you're looking at something valuable. I need "cheat sheets" to help me cram for "the exam" -- voting. The web is made for this. I want journalists to provide this kind of information for the public -- set up a page for each candidate with bullet points on

-- Health Care
-- War
-- Economy
-- Education
-- Women's Issues
-- Gay Issues
-- Senior's Issues
-- Minority Issues

and pack it full of information. It would be especially useful for it to have quotes and links with DATES to public statements candidates have made about a given issue, and then another link to a contradictory statement they made more recently. Sidebars with voting records, etc. That would be good information.

I'm sick of all the horse race reporting. It's not about that.