As always, we don’t update this blog enough. Perhaps we should switch to a twitter account? We’re back from Thanksgiving (not that we actually left at all).
Anyway, we’re busily putting finishing touches on the last parts of what we’ll call the Presidential Primaries Game we’re developing in partnership with a media partner. We’re still bootstrapping (a fancy entrepreneurial way of saying that we’re still living like we did in college) and trying to make government more transparent, engaging, and as exciting as sports.
We’re excited about the CNN-YouTube Debates (running tonight for the Republicans) because some of our friends in the weird world of online politics will be participating. We’re all looking forward to this cool primary game and hopefully it will be sufficiently fun for the people who do play.
So, we don’t do enough shout-outs, but we love the members of our community who blog/write/challenge each other online. So, here are some recent links to friends who talk about Fantasy Congress:
- Progressive U- Nick created a Bonus Opportunity for all of the Progressive U members. This nonpartisan, non-profit social welfare organization hopefully is a lot by using our site about Members of Congress and their draft picks.
- Rising Jurist- The Rising Jurist writes “I’ll be playing. The question is whether you will be playing, too… Otherwise, I’ll join up with some random political geeks.” His blog rocks and you’ll learn a ton (no matter if you plan to go into law or not).
- One of the many students posting on Fantasy Congress, e.g. Kimberly- Our love goes out to all of the fabulous people who write about us (no matter for school assignment or not!).
- Dave Dorm- Dave writes, “Well, this may be fun. Since I generally suck at fantasy sports, and my political views usually get me into trouble. Let’s do both!”
Hope everyone is having a good time. Again, we want to know what you think about Fantasy Congress and how we can improve it. Feel free to contact us at any point and let us know your thoughts (positive or negative, we welcome all!).
This news is old already, but our alma mater where Fantasy Congress was born, Claremont McKenna College (CMC) was in Newsweek. Check out the article here. Here’s the gist though:
Hottest for Election Year
Claremont McKenna College, Claremont, Calif.
Two of every five CMC students major in government/international relations. Most of the rest are also talking politics, the campus obsession. Few selective colleges in America have such ideologically balanced faculties and student bodies. Speakers like Bill Clinton and Justice Antonin Scalia dropped by last spring, and neither was tarred and feathered. CMC, one of the five Claremont Colleges, is vibrating with anticipation of the 2008 presidential race. Andrew Lee, a recent graduate and political junkie who created the Fantasy Congress Web site, says that on long campus weekends he and his friends would skip the beach and drive to a state with a hot election and knock on doors for their favorites.
W00T!
