It’s the time of year that Santa is "gonna find out who's been naughty or nice," and we want to give him a little help. So we want you to nominate members of Congress currently in office who should be on Santa's "Naughty" list – the most hyper-partisan, special-interest-pandering and money-grubbing. Offer your suggestions in the comments section to this blog. But we can’t just put coal in stockings – we also need to give candy. Take a moment to also suggest members of Congress who have been the "Nicest" – the most willing to reach across the aisle and cast votes based on what his or her constituents want, not what the special interests buy. We need your suggestions now.
Not sure who to suggest? Here are a few resources to help:
- See the Center for Responsive Politics’ overview of money spent in the ’06 midterm elections.
- The Center for Public Integrity website provides non-partisan investigative reports on the money behind state and federal elections.
- Project Vote Smart juxtaposes campaign contributions for more than 13,000 candidates and elected officials nationwide with voting records and evaluations by special interest groups.
Wherever you look, don’t forget to come back here and submit your suggestions!
A few simple guidelines for suggestions:
- Make your "Naughty or Nice" suggestions in the blog comments below. You must be a registered member of Unity08 to post comments to our blog. Go here to login or register if you're not currently logged in.
- Please limit your suggestions to members of Congress currently in office – not the newly elected members. That includes both U.S. Representatives and Senators.
- Please list the nominee's name, whether they are naughty or nice, and a brief explanation of why you’re nominating him or her.
- Feel free to suggest multiple politicians. Goodness knows plenty have been both naughty and nice!
- The deadline for suggestions is 5pm MT, Sunday, December 17.
Next Monday, we’ll open a poll for you to choose among the top five “Naughty” finalists and the top five “Nice” finalists suggested by you. The ultimate “Nice” member of Congress will receive a stocking full of candy. The ultimate “Naughty” one will receive a stocking full of coal. And of course, we’ll send our recommendations along to the North Pole on your behalf.
Santa needs all the help he can get – tell your friends to share their naughty or nice lists as well!
"He’s making his list. He’s checking it twice…”
