In the immortal words of Woodward and Bernstein's "Deep Throat", when it comes to politics "follow the money."
Now Wired.com and MAPLight.org have made it easy for you to do that. While I agree that correlation does not equal causation, when it comes to motivation, the love of money is indeed the root of all evil (on both sides of the aisle).
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/influence-tracker/
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FROM THE ARTICLE:
Wired.com, MAPLight.org Launch Political-Influence Tracker
- By Wired Staff
- October 26, 2010 |
- 6:59 am |
- Categories: Elections, Fed Blotter
Then copy and paste the embed code into your own site.
At Wired.com, we love data and the possibilities that arise when big public datasets are combined in creative ways. Now we’re jumping in with our own modest contribution, just in time for a last-minute gut check before the Nov. 3 balloting: the Influence Tracker, a widget that follows the money in Washington.
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