You might like a pair of CNET columns I wrote 13 years ago calling for a PAC for tech issues: http://www.cnet.com/news/is-it-time-for-a-geekpac/ http://www.cne

You might like a pair of CNET columns I wrote 13 years ago calling for a PAC for tech issues: http://www.cnet.com/news/is-it-time-for-a-geekpac/ http://www.cnet.com/news/is-it-time-for-a-geekpac/ http://www.cnet.com/news/perspective-dont-get-mad-get-even/ http://www.cnet.com/news/perspective-dont-get-mad-get-even/ I interviewed Grover Norquist, founder of Americans for Tax Reform, for one of the columns; whether you agree or disagree with him, he's an able advocate for his issues. Here's what he said: "One of the most important things the tech industry can do is a rating," Norquist says. "Every politician in this country wants to tell you that he's tech friendly...Pick 10 or 20 issues and give ratings. Then people who say they're tech friendly but they're not--there's a cost to that. You as a tech group don't have to advertise that. The candidate running against that person will promote it. It certainly puts the lie to some people running around who say they're tech friendly and don't have the records to back it up." I also wrote some Perl code to scrape Thomas and create tech voting guides for Wired and CNET with an interactive Javascript map. Unfortunately I think the Wired one has died in a redesign, and the CNET one no longer works either. :( http://www.cnet.com/news/technology-voter-guide-2006-grading-congress-on-high-tech-cred/ http://www.cnet.com/news/technology-voter-guide-2006-grading...