The most prominent success of 2000's last quarter was surely Voteauction.com (now vote-auction.net). In article after article and television spot after television spot, journalists found ways to mention that corporations already purchase American votes--exactly the issue that founder James Baumgartner and owner-rescuer Ubermorgen.com intended the website to highlight. And in these days of privatization of everything, a Voteauction.com could well rank near the bottom of the shocking scale....