[marxmarv]

>Much as I agree with transparency, I think we need to recognize that everyone--including political candidates--has some right to private communications.

No, they don't, unless you see the need for them to act against our interests without our knowleddge because markets or something, or see some sort of right for them to rule others.

[md_]

So you believe that all email communication from all elected officials and candidates should be made public?

What about non-email communication? Face-to-face conversations should all be public? Does this extend to classified briefings? Should, for example, discussions of "Olympic Games" have been public before it was executed?