I haven’t been blogging about politics much lately, mostly because I don’t feel particularly excited about any of the candidates. That doesn’t mean I haven’t been having fun at their expense. Why, seldom does a weekend go by here at EV without one of them being the subject of a Caption Contest. That’s not the only way I’ve been playing around in politics lately, though.

In fact, I’m getting a bit addicted to WhiteHouseCountdown.com, a non-partisan community game site that pits the Presidential candidates against each other as they raise “funds” earned when folks play. Say, for instance, I decide to play “Destination White House” — where you navigate your candidate across America, picking up bags of gold on the way without letting your foes get you. If you win, your “funds” go to your candidate’s overall score.

I’ve picked Guilliani as my guy, so the points I score playing the games — which are called “Countdown Bucks” — get included in his score as “funds” raised. Don’t know who you’re supporting? That doesn’t mean you can’t still play, too: just use their candidate maker.

The thing is, with 364 days left to go until the election, the players who signed up as Democrats have raised more than twice the “Countdown Bucks” as their Republican counterparts. In my opinion, that’s not right. (Then again, it could also reflect that the Dems have a lot more free time on their hands.)

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