We're in Iowa, Dubuque as I write. A thought on the Iowa trip came from the idea that Iowans are used to presidential candidates up close, personal and everywhere. New Mexicans lack the same closeness to the candidates. Our thought was to find a candidate event as we drove along Interstate 80. We started looking with Hillary Clinton, by far the leader of the Democrats. Clinton's Web site has a box headed "Upcoming Events" on the lower right corner of of the home page. The box had room for three events and a fourth barely shows. I couldn't figure how to scroll down the event list, but at least a few could be seen in a simple and easy manner.
Other candidates are different. Mitt Romney's "Upcoming Events" window is in the middle of his home page, easily visible when the site appears. Three events show. Fred Thompson's site shows nothing about upcoming events. Maybe there aren't any.
Bill Richardson has an "upcoming events" box on the lower left corner of his home page. Two events show.
John Edwards requires clicking on an "Events" header on the bar at the top of the home page.
Barack Obama's site was, well, different. The home page appears and wants you to login if you have and account or to create an account. The right side of the home page has seven headers, all starting with the word "My."
My? Seems to me that the last thing one wants in a candidate is an obsession with the word, "My." But, click on "My Events" and there is a page headed "Events" with three options, one of which is "Find an Event." Click on "Find an Event" and you have the option of "Search for an event near you." Enter some location data and click, yet again, and a map appears with pointy buttons pointing at locations. Click on one of the button and event data appears.
Many clicks are required. All in all a pain in the clicker.
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