Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Wise political move or dumb technical move

The Republican Party has started a web site to solicit opinions based on "the priorities of the people".  It is "America Speaking Out".    For one summary, see "Republicans' new Web site not exactly what they hoped it would be", Dana Milbank, Washington Post, 2010-05-26.

I went to it with the idea of submitting the proposition that the three greatest Republican Presidents were the ones that made major investments - Lincoln and railroads, Teddy Roosevelt and the National Parks, and Eisenhower and the Interstate highway system.

When I clicked on the button to add a suggestion, the sign-in was overlaid on the current window:


If these people want to run our government efficiently, can't they at least run their own web site efficiently?