Pete Ashdown on his Run at the Hill

adamdrayer writes "Wired recently conducted an interview with Pete Ashdown, the tech-minded ISP owner who is hoping for a major upset in the race for Utah's Senate seat against long-time incumbent Orin Hatch. Ashdown hopes to help pave the way for better decision-making on the Hill regarding technology. Hatch is among the more conservative politicians on the issues of 'digital privacy' and 'fair use,' while one of Ashdown's main objectives is to reform the Digital Millennium Copyright Act."

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Polls don't look so good for Ashdown

[panaceaa]

Polling data: Utah U.S. Senate: Hatch 62%, Ashdown 25%

http://www.angus-reid.com/polls/index.cfm/fuseacti on/viewItem/itemID/13412

While I agree with Ashdown's position a lot more than Orrin's, the incumbent is looking pretty strong.

Re:Polls don't look so good for Ashdown

[pashdown]

guess again, dean didnt put him up to this, dean didnt pay him to do this, hes doing it because it should be done. DNC paid zip to this campaign

Actually Dean did do something. He shook my hand twice over the course of the past 18 months, then promptly forgot all about me.

Re:Mormons.

[Anonymous Coward]

As a Mormon, someone who has met Hatch, and someone who leans toward the Republican party, I'll be voting for Ashdown. Hatch should have been out of office a LONG time ago.

Re:Good on him

[pashdown]

Why not demonstrate a system to change it? I remember years ago it cost $25M to make movies, then Spike Lee made "She's Gotta Have It". You used to not be able to get music distribution without a music contract, but that isn't the case any more is it? International business and communication also used to be difficult too, but is it any more?

The status quo will remain status quo unless people work to change it.

Mandatory voting

[Tsunayoshi]

3. Force people to vote. Make voting days a Federal holiday and force employers to pay employees for that day. Count it as the cost of doing business in the USA.

In Peru (my wife's native country) every legal adult is REQUIRED to vote. You have a "libreta electoral" card you carry with you and each election you get a foil stamp in it. If you get a traffic fine or such, the police can check your voting card and if you are missing the latest election's stamp you can get fined for missing that also.

When I lived there, during election periods the energy of people supporting various candidates was psycho. You could probably ask any Peruvian about the candidates for their area and get into a much detailed discussion about them. I wish American's gave a tenth as much attention to voting here as they do in Peru.