US elections 2008: Are candidates missing an opportunity to connect with voters on open government issues?

by Ryan Headley

According to Sunshine Week, nearly 75 percent of American adults view the federal government as secretive, and 90 percent think the candidates' positions on open government are important when deciding to vote. Those are so...read more

by Melantha Matthews

With the current state of the U.S. economy some cannot help but feel disparaged by the problems of our great nation. But there has been one constant thought that has comforted us through it all. President Bush will be leav...read more

by christopher witt diamant

The one amazing thing is how not one candidate mentioned the fact that we have over 60 million people (at the most conservative estimate) consuming marijuana on a daily basis: and the United States due to this fact has mor...read more

by Robert Tippett

It is insulting to think that any candidate has the right to not connect with the voters on any issue, much less those involving open government. It is the voters who must demand open disclosure of who and what the candid...read more

by Reverend Ashira Goddard

Watching a recent news show with Presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Clinton as she sat down one on one with a family Puerto Rico, I have to wonder how much of what is shown or done by any candidate is staged and preplanned....read more

by Duane Kuehn

The media says that the economy and Iraq are the two issues of most concern in the 2008 Presidential Election. However, the media has said many things political lately and walked away with egg on the face. Persona...read more

by Greg Slack

Open government is the dream of any society. Sadly, this has never happened to my knowledge, and most likely never will. To think any candidate given the choice will support or for that matter, push for a less secretive or...read more

by Suzanne Marsh

The candidates in the US 2008 elections are missing a fantastic opportunity to connect with an entire industry that for some reason is ignored and regulated more than any other industry in the United States: the trucking i...read more

by Olafemi

I think that the candidates for president are the same as the ministers of the mega-churches. I think that it is highly impossible for them to have any connection with the thousands of people who are involved in their walk...read more

by J P Burton

Are candidates missing an opportunity to connect with voters on open government issues? The amount of issues discussed during this campaign is staggering, unfortunately the "secretive nature" in which powerful entities ...read more

by Danielle Clarke

"Baracks talk to the nation after he is elected" Baracks Bills - 1. 2006 Transparency bill = expose corrupt lobby $ that lobbyist give to politicians so we the people can either impeach them or not re-elect them 2. T...read more

by Mavis Kunjappu

Central to the open government philosophy is a system that deprecates locked files and closed doors. Good citizens challenge the decisions made by the government and petition or vote for change when change is needed. But n...read more

by Sarah Dohl

American Patriot Patrick Henry once said, "The liberties of a people never were, nor ever will be, secure, when the transactions of their rulers may be concealed from them." And I ask you today, are you convinced that o...read more

by L G Hoel

Are candidates missing an opportunity to connect with voters on open government issues? Do voters take advantage of the open government they now have? Most Americans have evolved to a point where they have become disconne...read more

by Michael Patrick

While it is laudable that nine of ten Americans say their vote depends on a candidate's advocacy of government transparency, I wonder. Under the bane of human nature, what government, corporation, small business, or marri...read more

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by Zach Musso

The Founding Fathers set aside this nation from the tyranny of England in 1776 for a purpose. Down the road, this purpose was destined for greatness, and if the Founding Fathers were to turn in their grave to take a look ...read more

by Edward Hall

I think any candidate for President of the United States should make clear where they stand on government transparency. The subject of secrecy in government has concerned a significant number of us for quite awhile; it has...read more

by Rich Browne

Is the current crop of political candidates generally missing an opportunity to connect with voters on government issues? Probably, but it really isn't the candidates fault. Few candidates ever will run solely on open gov...read more

by Mike Romeling

There are many ways to "miss opportunities." It can happen from lack of knowledge, from lack of preparation, or from lack of follow-through. But it also can happen - and often does - because you didn't really want the oppo...read more

by A.R. Rob

Are candidates missing an opportunity to connect with voters on open government issues? In my opinion, that answer would be yes, the candidates are missing an opportunity to connect with voters on open government issues. ...read more