chairman cleland analyzed the election results on this blog and found an interesting fact. out of 95 candidates for congress who pledged their support for net neutrality, not a single one got elected. chairman cleland was careful to emphasize that this did not mean that the elections were lost because of the candidate support for net neutrality. however, this information did lead them to an important conclusion. >> what that instance showed was that the people that most supported net neutrality didn't have the support of the american people in the election. >> he offered this prediction on the prospects of net neutrality legislation to us in our interview. >> well, i don't think you're going to see net neutrality in legislation through congress. >> but as an average american, how will this net neutrality issue affect me? on one hand, proponents say that net neutrality would level the playing field between big and small companies. >> an open net, internet, is perhaps as much as anything else the great equalizer. it allows people with innovative ideas to succeed on the merit

chairman cleland was careful to emphasize that this did not mean that the elections were lost becausef the candidates' support for net neutrality. however, this information did lead him to an important conclusion. >> what that showed was that the people that supported net neutrality didn't have the support of the american people in the election. >> he offered this prediction on the prospects of net neutrality legislation to us in our interview. >> well, i don't think you going to see -- you're going to see net neutrality legislation in congress. >> but as an average american how will this net neutrality issue effect me? on one hand, proponents say that net neutrality would level the playing field between big and small companies. >> an open internet is, perhaps, as much as anything else the great equalizer. it allows people with innovative ideas to succeed on the merits of those ideas. >> on the other hand, opponents say that government involvement would do exactly the opposite of what proponents say it will do. rather than spurring innovation, it may remove incentives for entrepreneur