This is sad - Shakeel Mahate

One cannot overstate just how serious a problem this is for developing any enthusiasm for the Obama/Biden ticket. Why is it that so many people who seek high public office are so attracted to totalitarian policies? An obvious answer: they seek high public office because they are power freaks. But -- McCain and his neocon puppeteers appear to be much worse than Obama and Biden. - Sean McBride

Is this a determining factor for most americans? For all those in tech it is but what about your average smoez? - Dale Adams from feedalizr

Privacy and copyright aren't really 'tech' issues. I'd say this reasonably affects everyone...whether they realize it or not. - abacab

Look, we can whine about this all we want, but Obama is sooo far superior to McCain on a tech front. I mean, seriously. - Scott Cederberg

Dale, It is big factor because much of Obama's support is coming via the internet, California, and Silicon Valley. Sure his support is much wider than that but still, the tech community has a loud voice. This is also important to young people in general. Obama is taking his base for granted and swinging to the middle. Bad move. His base might lose enthusiasm. - Steve Olson

This will make the choice of the 'CTO' a little more interesting. - Robin Barooah

Is expressing concern about privacy and copyright considered "whining" now? - Mitch Wagner

Steve Olson -- Barack Obama already lost much of his base several months ago. Have you noticed that the big buzz on Obama has completely disappeared? It turns out, he really was nothing but an empty suit with a glib line of patter. Are you aware that Joe Biden also wants to partition Iraq into three sections? That is more extreme than any policy advocated by even Bush and Cheney -- it originates from the extreme *RIGHT* of the Israeli political spectrum. This ticket is a disaster. - Sean McBride

Maybe I'll just sit out this next Presidential election :( - Thomas Hawk

Thomas -- there is little point in trying to pretend that both major political parties are not thoroughly corrupt, owned by the same special interests and a complete disaster. It is an insult to one's intelligence to participate in the charade. One can choose to "vote," to make a political statement, by choosing not to play. - Sean McBride

you might be right Sean. It's unfortunate though that politics in the US are so locked up with the current political parties and their special interests. - Thomas Hawk

I supported Kucinich, but with him out of the race Obama is the only choice. I think it's important to vote for the clearly lesser evil. Watch my favorited youtube videos to see why you don't want McCain anywhere near the nuclear button. - Bruce Lewis from fftogo