If the candidates’ Web sites are any indication, this is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to innovation’s role in the campaign 2012 rhetoric. It will be interesting to see if, as with health care, energy and education among other tried-and-true sectors, each of the candidates will put forward a platform on innovation, replacing the rhetorical lightness of the word with a more substantial meaning.
The success of the Pirate Party in Europe should be a wake-up call for American politicians that the status quo in politics is no longer sufficient.