Why Did the Prez Pick Steve Jobs over Google?

The President did what he had to do in his speech last night: rallied the troops, laid out his general campaign themes and gave a few shout-outs to key constituencies. But one particular last-minute editorial change has sparked the internet’s interest this morning: Obama decided to drop a reference to Google and substitute Steve Jobs as the prototypical American business innovator. Why did he do that?

It may have been because his opponent Mitt Romney also mentioned Jobs in his acceptance speech last week.

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