Senator and Presidential candidate Barack Obama (D-IL) was expected to field a question about Network Neutrality today during a live video stream via MTV and MySpace from Coe College, in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Doing so, according to supporters would bring the issue to the campaign table officially. If they were waiting for it, they were disappointed.
UPDATE and CORRECTION: Perhaps some wires got twisted, who knows? The stream where Obama was to address the issue was slated for 1:30. He was asked the Net Neutrality question later, and came out in support. Here's10Questions.com, a site promising to ask the Senator directly. Users voted the question to the top, which asked:"Would you make it a priority in your first year of office to re-instate Net Neutrality as the law of the land? And would you pledge to only appoint FCC commissioners that support open Internet principles like Net Neutrality?"
The question, though, was never asked nor addressed in Obama's
Fired up and ready to go where? Maybe he'll have more to say over lunch when the speech re-airs on MTV tonight at seven.
"In 2008, voters are looking for real leadership," said Adam Green, who leads controversial political action group MoveOn.org's Internet freedom campaign. "Any presidential candidate who boldly promises to re-instate Net Neutrality during his or her first year in office, and to only appoint pro-neutrality FCC commissioners, will get tons of positive buzz online."
But it won't be today, apparently.
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