US Presidential candidate Barack Obama, in an attempt to woo techies released a last minute campaign video which shows him expressing his views on technology and what he aims to do once he is in power. The video contains excerpts from a speech he made exactly a year ago at the headquarters of Google at Mountain View, California.Obama has promised to double the funding from federal agencies for basic research and implement policies in the speech which is almost three minutes long. Obama also assures broadband access to every American along with putting more government data online. It is a widely accepted fact that California -- especially the Silicon Valley has favored Obama against McCain ahead of todays polls. If thats not all, a recent study by blogger Robbin Harris from ZDNet has revealed that more than 90% of campaign donations made by employees of leading "tech" corporations have gone to the Democrats. These include giants like Apple and Google amongst others.
The US Presidential poll reaches its penultimate stage today when voters all across the US exercise their franchise and start off the Presidential poll process, which is set to culminate with the "Inauguration Day" scheduled for January 20, 2009. Post the voting, there is a rather long two-month gap before the world gets to know who the next US president would be!
Via: AFP
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