Politics 'n privacy
The '08 race presidential race has officially started and the Democrats are off and running. Governor Vilsack has announced that he's a candidate, Senator Bayh is forming an exploratory committee, Senator Clinton is scaring the bejeezus out of everyone, Senator Edwards never really stopped running, Senator Kerry is twice as ineffectively campaigning as he did last time, former Vice-President Gore is looking down through the ozone lawyer from his lofty throne and Senator Obama has joined OJ Simpon as being the second powerful African-American to say "maybe" this month.
This is shaping up to be the most confusing election in US history as the juxtaposition of advancements in electronic media are converging with a wide-open White House and a general public distaste of a Republican running it.
Issues will be flying fast and furious over the next year. While we're at it, I plan on tracking the progress of the privacy issue. So far, Obama has good street cred with the bill he introduced protecting taxpayers from being privacy snogged by their preparers. Senator Clinton has put out a position paper on privacy listing a "bill of rights" which is a good step. Senator Bayh was kind enough to author the Forward to my book, Privacy Lost (available on Amazon and a great stocking stuffer).
Let's keep an eye on them, shall we, as the race begins.
Posted on December 05, 2006
