Over the last 12 months I have been following the presidential campaign and one candidate has stood out to me as representing progressive technology policy while also focusing on other needed reforms.

Here are my 5 reasons for supporting Obama:

1. Obama can bring about Universal Health Care. We are the richest country in the world, and it is a blight that we do not provide the basic Human Right of Health Care for everyone to our people.

2. Obama realizes the importance of a Chief Technology Officer (CTO) for the government, and he has specific tasks for this person, which will foster innovation.

3. Obama will ensure Network Neutrality. In the Information Age this is essential for enabling the people to have a real voice in a democracy.

4. Obama will end the war in Iraq. We were never justified to start the war in Iraq (No links to Al-Qada or WMDs) and we are only subsiding government contracts at the cost of American lives, by staying.

5. Obama is the only candidate with Passion that moves me on a personal and emotional level. Listening to him speak at Dr. King’s Church was moving. I feel hope that rings beyond just his word.

I, Brian Rowe, endorse Barack Obama for President.