You beat me to it Rebecca! There are a couple of other articles of interest:

• Wired has a nice article about change congress
• Lessig's article in Huffington Post was also good. Here's the quote of quotes from Lessig:
  

  
  ... once this wiki-army has tracked the positions of all Members of Congress, we will display a map of reform, circa 2008: Each Congressional district will be colored in either (1) dark red, or dark blue, reflecting Republicans or Democrats who have taken a pledge, (2) light red or light blue, tracking Republicans and Democrats who have not taken our pledge, but who have signaled support for planks in the Change-Congress platform, or (3) for those not taking the pledge and not signaling support for a platform of reform, varying shades of sludge, representing the percentage of the Member's campaign contributions that come from PACs or lobbyists.
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  What this map will reveal, we believe, is something that not many now actually realize: That the support for fundamental reform is broad and deep. That recognition in turn will encourage more to see both the need for reform and the opportunity that this election gives us to achieve it. Apathy is driven by the feeling that nothing can be done. This Change Congress map will demonstrate that in fact, something substantial can be done. Now.

I can't wait until Lessig starts making the speaking rounds with his patented (not literally) talks ala slide shows!

Haha, I beat ya to it but you have some good articles there...I didn't know about the one in Huffington Post yet. I love his "map of reform" idea. Right now the whole country is depicted a poo brown color...ick! Let's hurry and get some of those states to turn red n' blue!

Excellent reportage, Rebecca, you've been a sterling blogger this month.
I think this news is really exciting news for everyone interested in free government info, and in a government responsive to the citizens. The more we let the sunshine in, the better our government will become, imho.

Thanks, Susanna! You were one sterling blogger of the month yourself. ;-)
I have high hopes for this initiative. It's been getting a lot of press so far and I've helped spread the word to my friends and family too. I signed up to be a volunteer to contact politicians and I joined their Google Group. The discussions have been interesting so far!