Where do the candidates stand on technology? Most of them won’t tell you.

It’s extremely important for IT guys and gals to understand where the candidates stand on technology issues.  I am going to link to each of their technology pages here.  Overall, I am disappointed with the lack of focus on technology.  The Democrats are much better than the Republicans.  All of the Democrats except Kucinich make a mention of technology or “innovation.”  Barack Obama is the only candidate to feature technology as an issue on his website.  Mitt Romney is the only Republican to have information about technology on his website, but it’s not an issues page.  I linked to it anyway.  Have a look:

Democrats

• Barack Obama: http://www.barackobama.com/issues/technology (Includes speech at Google)
• John Edwards: http://www.johnedwards.com/issues/innovation  (A few sparse comments) 
• Hillary Clinton: http://www.hillaryclinton.com/feature/innovation (Only a couple paragraphs)
• Dennis Kucinich: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.

Republicans

• Mitt Romney: http://www.mittromney.com/News/In-The-News/TechCrunch (Interview with TechCrunch) 
• Rudolph Giuliani: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.  Did somebody say 9/11?
• Mike Huckabee: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.
• Duncan Hunter: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.
• John McCain: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.
• Ron Paul: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.
• Fred Thompson: I can’t find anything obvious or through search.

Based on whether the candidates feature technology, Obama and Romney are the leaders for their party.  Obama is the only candidate to feature technology as an issue, so he is the leader.  If you can find information that should be added, let me know.

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