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Introducing The Obama Reform-o-Meter 2.0

Stafford Palmieri
2.23.2009

Do you wait anxiously for another Obama Reform-o-meter???Do you refresh the Flypaper homepage repeatedly or check your RSS feed hourly wanting to see how the Administration is doing? Well your prayers are answered: Obama Reform-o-meters 24-7. If you would direct your attention to the right hand sidebar, you'll notice two mini Reform-o-meters. Don't worry, we'll still be posting regular Reform-o-meter ratings of noteworthy decisions, events, or new appointees but now you can come back to the Flypaper homepage day or night to check how the Administration is doing. Here's how they work:

The top one is the most recent reading (in this case, the stimulus). Click on it and you'll be directed back to Mike's analysis of why said policy decision scored the way it did. It will be updated anytime the Administration does something worth rating.

The bottom one documents the cumulative reform rankings--i.e. the Administration's average reform-ness. This will be updated each morning. We don't anticipate seeing a lot of movement on this front but you can rest assured it will always be up to date.

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