What happens when they allow Palin to talk

Palin said today in a rally in Iowa: "We’re going to do a few new things also. For instance, as Alaska’s governor, I put the government’s checkbook online so that people can see where their money’s going. We’ll bring that kind of transparency, that responsibility, and accountability back. We’re going to bring that back to D.C.”

Problem: Obama has already done that. In a bipartisan bill, Senators Obama, Coburn (R), Carper (D), and McCain (R) introduced the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act - which does exactly that. (see USASpending.gov) It eventually passed the Senate unanimously.

In June 2008, the same group of senators introduced legislation to add additional information to the website, including earmarks.