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+1 I am with you!! we need a Wiki for politicians, so year later they cannot claim they were with or against something that is popular/unpopular right now. You
by joering2 14y ago
+1 I am with you!! we need a Wiki for politicians, so year later they cannot claim they were with or against something that is popular/unpopular right now. You know -- sort of transparency website with links to sources to every claim they make. I would love to look into it -- is there any API CrunBase-type with all senators I can tap into?
- ninetax 14y agoMaybe this will help? http://ballotpedia.org http://ballotpedia.org Something that could keep track of that kind of stuff might be hard because everyone has a bias. But I agree tacking is important!
- fleitz 14y agoThey will still claim it. And it will still work, because no one but a couple policy wonk nerds actually care. Unless you can make it a theme like "waffles" or "flip-flops". They'll claim it until someone brings a gun to a theatre and then we're all distracted and wondering what they'll do about this situation. Even miraculously if people do care what they are going to say is that they are politicians who are responsive to grass roots movements and what the community wants and that they are changing their position to bring the people's message to corrupt fatcats in Washington. (Ever notice how your politician is honest jim the used car salesman and every other politician is a washington fatcat?)
- ktizo 14y agoThe trick would be to throw d3.js at it and make it fun and have lots of animated stuff charting voting patterns and policy positions.