We can hope for Brownback but I recall how much we Dems wanted Ronnie Ray-Gun to run against Carter.  

And Anderson a GOP-Rep from Rockford IL ran as moderate independent so they even split the vote.

It was a close election until the last week when voters broke for Ronnie.    

So let's wish for Brownback but not kid ourselves at how easily any GOPer will be to beat in a general election.

Broadcast Media.  The use of "broadcast" came from the analogy of a farmer casting seeds.  Broadcast is push media which contrasts with pull media where the user initiates contact.  The Internet is pull media.  Broadcast media has limited public access, gatekeepers, high barriers to entry and access to an audience. By definition, it is not designed to be interactive.

While large conglomerates and top-down media can deploy pull media technologies, they have no distributive advantage over competitors using publishing systems like blogger.com.     Interactive features and populist content are not required but sites that push top-down messages and those that do not permit interactivity are at a competitive disatvantage.  

Net Neutrality centers on technical attributes that enable populism, bottom-up, user driven content.

It's a crummy law but there are always side effects.  

If a fashion designer or high-end clothing line can stop copying ans sue for infringement then they're diminishing their own brand's value.  Fashion is about being first with a trend, not being exclusive.  You'd have to firewall all clothing designers from each other's fashion shows so they can't be accused of copying the style.  The industry would die over night.

Gap, Target and Wal-mart will be ruling the world with thier low cost, affordable and non-copyable styles.