Since the sort of journalism that focuses on our candidates' legislative accomplishments are few and far between, I want to draw attention to this excellent, concise Washington Post piece from former state legislator and editor of the Washington Monthly, Charles Peters.
It's called "Judge Him By His Laws."
Focusing on legislative accomplishment is something we should do with all of candidates, though we often tend to get caught up in questions of process, style and personality. It's what I tried to focus on when I wrote my first pro-Obama diary after months of winnowing my choices: is there a convincing back-story to these claims of Obama's that he is capable of working across the aisle to promote and pass progressive legislation?
I think there is. And this short Charles Peters piece is part of that back-story.