Political Cortex: Brain Food for the Body Politic

Second, there was this enlightening piece from Vote-Smart.org  (Touted as 'Voter's Self Defense' against government spin, secrecy, and corruption)

In bold red lettering, Vote-Smart.org explained and appealed:

SENATOR STEPHEN M. SALAND REPEATEDLY REFUSED TO PROVIDE ANY RESPONSES TO CITIZENS ON ISSUES THROUGH THE 2006 NATIONAL POLITICAL AWARENESS TEST WHEN ASKED TO DO SO BY

Key national leaders of both major parties including:

John McCain, Republican Senator
Geraldine Ferraro, Former Democratic Congresswoman
Michael Dukakis, Former Democratic Governor
Bill Frenzel, Former Republican Congressman
Richard Kimball, Project Vote Smart President

Over 100 news organizations throughout the nation also urged their candidates to supply their issue positions through the National Political Awareness Test.

Urge Senator Stephen M. Saland to pass the National Political Awareness Test.

Capitol EMail Address:
saland@senate.state.ny.us
Capitol Web Address:
http://www.senatorsaland.co m/
Capitol Web Mail Address:
http://www.senatorsaland.co m/send_email. ...

In stark contrast, Senator Saland's Challenger, Democrat Brian Keeler, has been completely forthcoming with his positions on all major issues.

To begin, the AARP was able to list Mr. Keeler's views on those issues important to New York's Seniors which you can view here.

Notice Senator Saland's space is marked by repeated notes that the 'Candidate chose not to respond'.

More importantly, Democrat Brian Keeler's website dedicates an entire section to issues with numerous tagged links to each specific issue (e.g. Environment, Property Tax, Election Reform, Albany Reform, Education, etc.) -- plenty of information for rightfully inquiring electoral minds.

No such resource exists on Mr. Saland's website.

So why the secrecy? Why does Senator Saland feel the need to keep his positions secret from his constituency? These are questions Mr. Saland needs to answer.

How could someone possibly vote for a candidate who keeps their views secret from the people they're supposed to be representing?

I think the people of New York are fed up with the self-entitlement that many current politicians feel they have when it comes to divulging meaningful, unspun information to the voting public.

Clearly they don't want you to know the TRUTH -- something of which they obviously don't think their constituency would approve.

If they did, I'm quite positive they'd do everything in their power to make sure the voters knew about it.

Seems Senator Saland has garnered some very poor political habits from his friends in the White House -- something we can do without here in the Empire State.

Open government? Looks like it's time for a change!

For More information on Democratic Brian Keeler, go here.

For More information on Republican Stephen Saland (if you can find any), go here.

And don't forget to vote on Tuesday, November 7th.