Blogs, newspapers and especially TV news programs are heavy on speculation and bluster and frequently light on the facts when it comes to the 2008 race for the Presidency. Therefore, I am including here a brief list of web sites that either are largely devoted to factual information or data about the campaigns—campaign contributions, exits polls, and source documents—or just plain good fact-based, analytical reporting so you can do your own sleuthing.
-- Realclearpolitics.org (advance polling, delegate counts, compilation of articles)
-- Opensecrets.org (contributors to the candidates)
-- CNN.com (exit polls from all the primaries and caucuses—conducted by Edison Media
Research)
-- Congressional Quarterly, cqpolitics.com (just good factual reporting, with lots of data, analysis)
-- Cook Political Report, cookpolitical.com (tracks and handicaps House and Senate races)
Also, a dandy article, by Rolling Stone’s Tim Dickinson, based on old fashioned research and observation that offers insight into Obama’s success in the caucuses as well as chronicles what is certain to be a fundamental change in how campaigns will be run in the future.
Machinery of Hope: http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/19106326
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