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Visit change.gov to learn more about the Obama administration’s current plans and list of issues. Transparency doesn’t happen overnight (I don’t know what would happen if ever there were complete transparency in government), but launching this website is refreshingly proactive.

Take a look around the site. I see it as an invitation to continue being a citizen. Not all ideas are created equal, but because there is a difference between needing to win an argument and needing to be heard, an ability to listen can be mutually empowering.

November 10th update: It looks like all of the substantive agenda content has been taken down. Propublica.org reports that the Obama administration is “retooling” the content.

November 15th update: The website is back up; I haven’t read enough to see what has changed (besides the YouTube weekly address link).

I read on David Weinberger’s blog that there is a site offering a graphical, interactive tracker of poll trackers for the 2008 presidential election.

In other words:

Polls collect data, and the poll trackers consolidate the data from numerous polls. The tracker tracker website compares the results that the various poll trackers report.

We voted today at the University of New Mexico Student Union Building. A long line, and a festive atmosphere!

I know I don’t have a choice per se, but it feels good to have a vote.