Mitt Romney to record TechCrunch Podcast
BY David All | Monday, October 22 2007
Michael Arrington of TechCrunch, perhaps the most influential tech blogger, plans to host a tech-focused podcast interview with Governor Mitt Romney (Slatecard Profile) later this week:
Technology is becoming more and more a part of mainstream life. But the journalists who have access to the 2008 presidential candidates usually aren’t prepared to talk tech, and so the candidates’ positions on digital issues are often left unexplored. We want to change that, and have been reaching out to the presidential candidates to talk one-on-one with us about the issues that are important to our readers.
Governor Mitt Romney, a Republican candidate for president, was the first to respond, and we will be recording a podcast discussion with him in the next week. What we talk about on that podcast is largely up to TechCrunch readers.
Snaps to Mitt for being first to take on the challenge and props to Arrington for playing a role in this important election.
So how can you get involved?
Arrington, in true Web 2.0 fashion, is asking his community what questions they want Mitt to answer:
We’re finalizing the high level questions we’ll be asking Governor Romney (and other candidates in the future). Please let us know in the comments what tech-related issues are important to you; what would you ask if you had the chance? Issues to think about:
- * the role of technology in education - what role should government and technology companies have
* the growing digital divide in the U.S. and around the world
* immigration and visa issues
* the role of government in protecting personal privacy online
* Mobile spectrum allocations and ground rules
* How should the U.S. engage with China: technology, human rights and censorship issues
* the role of free markets; helping U.S. technology companies compete worldwide Net neutrality
* Intellectual property issues - copyright, patent and trademark policies
So what question do I hope Mitt answers? I'd prefer to find out where Mitt Romney is on Net Neutrality.
In case his staff needs some help with the issue, here's two conservative arguments both FOR and AGAINST the issue:
What question would you like to see Mitt answer? Make sure you let Arrington know with a comment on his post.
[Cross-posted with a smile from TechRepublican]