Am I the last person to notice that PriceGrabber is using its comparison shopping site to help us sort through presidential candidates? (Somehow, the brain in my clicking finger was telling me that the Election 08 button on the top menu bar would simply lead me to options for business suits and haircuts…) Anyway, what a cool idea!

Once you go to the Election 2008 home, you can filter through the candidates by their stance on pressing issues. Choose a subject such as the economy, and a drop-down list will appear. Click the category to filter on — national debt/deficit, taxes and fiscal policies, free trade and so on, and in each, select or unselect the choice you want to know about. Curious about who wants to reduce spending? Click to remove the check on all the other choices, push the “Filter Candidates!” button and the contenders appear.

A Candidate Match function lets you choose how you stand on particular issues and will show you who which candidates you best agree with — and to what extent.

Those of you who are part of the Peace and Freedom, Libertarian, Green or other party won’t find your candidates here yet. But who knows what’ll show up after the primaries are done.

In the meantime, check this feature out. It made me reconsider who I plan to vote for come Super Tuesday…

Posted on January 23rd, 2008 by dian