Illinois state senator Barack Obama just finished giving a stellar keynote speech at the DNC in Boston, and pundits are calling him a bi-racial JFK for the 21st century. His stature as a rising star in the Democratic party was certainly solidified by tonight's speech, and at least one savvy Internet user has wasted no time in investing in Obama's political future.
To wit: As Teresa Heinz Kerry's speech began to wander a bit, I decided to see if anyone had started buying up Obama-related political domain names. I soon discovered that someone named Andro Hsu had just registered Obama2016.com. According to the WHOIS search I conducted, Hsu registered the name sometime today. I can picture Hsu fumbling for his credit card, accessing the Netsol.com website to buy the domain just as Obama reached his crescendo, talking about how there are no liberal Americans nor conservative Americans, no white Americans, no black Americans, only Americans....
Anyway, congrats to Obama and congrats to Hsu, who may have just gotten one hell of an online scoop, assuming Obama doesn't run in 2012 -- someone else bought Obama2012.com two weeks ago. :-)