Net Neutrality

This is bad.

Republican lawmakers largely oppose the idea of Net neutrality. Though a majority of Democratic lawmakers support the issue -- all of the 95 candidates that said they would support Net neutrality on the left-leaning Progressive Change Campaign Committee's website were Democrats -- they have been divided on whether to pass the FCC's proposed legislation.

The widespread Democratic losses made an already uphill battle even tougher. More than a dozen incumbent congressmen who had voted for a similar Net neutrality bill in 2006 were voted out of office on Tuesday, most notably Rep. Rick Boucher, D-Va., a 28-year House veteran.

I can see the way this is going to play out already: you'll either pay more for the stuff you want to access, or you'll learn to live with the stuff your Internet provider decides you can access.

By the way, you'll see some reports that claim that all 95 congressman who support net neutrality -- Democrats all -- lost on Tuesday. If you think about it, that's not possible. (Update: It was not 95 congressman, it was 95 Democratic candidates. That slip-up came from Towleroad, but even so, it strikes me as overstating the case, just a wee bit.)