This software allows you to create a 'sticky', that is, a thread that would always stay on top of it's category. That 'sticky' could include instructions for locating 'bad' repubs, and their 'good' primary opponents, and then pointing them to another thread to post their findings.
The author of the 'sticky' thread, could then 'modify' it as the new information comes in, on the other thread. I think that a moderator could 'close' the 'sticky' thread, to keep people from posting to it, but it would still allow the author to 'modify' it, as new information comes available.
Just a thought......not really a classical database......but it would provide a way for posters to add information without cluttering the 'sticky' thread, thus making it easy for people who wish to use the information, find what they want easily.