Non-Partisan Sites

I wanted to summarize the sites I've found or had suggested to me (and I'll continue to update if I find more) - and have included them all in the right column of the blog. ------------->

FactCheck.org
This site appears to focus on addressing truth in advertising and published statements. They provide a Summary of the issue, an Analysis section, document their Sources and links to Related Articles. It's an attractive site, with a special video blog called, The Wire, that tries to be "Faster Than the Speed of Spin" and is short and informative.

PolitiFact.com
This site focuses on how true or false statements or attacks are. They have handy gauges that signify True, Partly True/False all the way to "Pants on Fire." ;) They also maintain an analysis called the Flip-O-Meter which analyzes whether a candidate has changed stances, and to what extent. There's also a summary page for each candidate which lists how many items they have under each Truth level so you can see if they tend towards honesty - or not.

OnTheIssues.org
This site provides history based information on where the candidates stand on the issues. Much of their information is obtained from their voting history, which provides them a grade, or rating, on the issues. It also includes public statements on issues, and when they made them. It provides many different ways of viewing this information, and comparing the candidates to each other, and to your views. Be sure to check out the Grid, and VoteMatch. I especially like that they have posed different ways and corollary questions to help you consider your stance on the issues.

GovTrack.us
You can track both current Congresspeople and bills on this site, so it's more for staying current on what your elected representatives are doing, than for comparison to a potential opponent (unless they too have a congressional record). The neat thing is you can set up RSS feeds or email so you get updates as they happen, and I've also set up a widget that shows my current issues and Congressmen's actions on my blog. Useful for me, but you can do the same for your own on your site.