The one area of our society that seems yet to be disturbed by the explosion of Internet-based news and analysis is government, especially in Washington, D.C. Why is that?

When reading this, you have to keep in mind that not all that many Americans follow politics very closely – during last year’s Presidential election this was probably at an all time high, but lets face it those of us who watch the news and read articl…

The poll shows Republican 45%, Democrat 47%, and Independent 43%; Conservative 48%, Moderate 46%, Liberal 52%.

I think this is a positive trend toward transparency in government. Readers usually add blogs as a source of information instead of replacing msm all together, so that means that two fifths of Americans are today more politically savvy than they were b…