In Quotes in Google Labs

      by Wyatt Walter

I’ve always wanted a quick way to compare politicians without having to dig into news sites for hours and hours. Tonight I found In Quotes inside of Google Labs. For those of you not familiar, Google Labs is Google’s playground for trying out new ideas and getting feedback. I’m not sure why they don’t just put “beta” on it like every other application, but.. that’s another story (stay tuned).

In Quote allows you to compare quotes around where candidates stand on several isues. You can pick several categories such as abortion, economy, environment, oil, and Iraq. Then you can scroll through what each candidate has said about those issues. The source and date of the quote is listed below the quote so you can check out the context surrounding the quotes should you desire. I’m sure this could easily become skewed in one direction or another (after all, we are talking about politics), but it appears to be a great way to get candidates’ view on topics with a quick glance.

I’m going to avoid sharing my political views like the plague, but the way technology is playing a role in this year’s election is amazing. It had an important role in the election even as early as July when the McCain used a web spider to detect changes in Obama’s viewpoints and then governor Palin’s email account being broken into just recently. This technology is nice, though I don’t think I’ll be making as many decisions based upon it as much as I do sucks-rocks. :)

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