by Mark Silva
Joe Biden's provocative words about the world challenges which the next president might provoke aside, "the week is turning out pretty good for Barack Obama in terms of endorsements,'' they're noting at the Christian Science Monitor
"First, Colin Powell. Next, Google.''
"Well, actually, Google the search engine didn't endorse Barack Obama. But Google's CEO, Eric Schmidt, is going out on the stump for the Democratic nominee,'' the Monitor's Jimmy Orr notes. "His support shouldn't come as any surprise to political observers. Schmidt has been an informal advisor to Obama for months and is an active supporter of Democratic candidates.''
The Swamp caught up with Obama and the Google CEO today in Florida.
The company has not given up its own search, however.
"Eric is actively campaigning for Barack Obama because he believes that it is time for a change in America,'' a company statement about its campaigning CEO reads. "In addition, his personal views on technology and energy are similar to Senator Obama's. Google of course remains neutral in the campaign.''
When Obama visited Google's campus nearly a year ago, he interviewed well, the Monitor notes.
"Barack Obama added another "first" to his already notable list yesterday: he became the first U.S. presidential candidate -- and, I'm guessing, the first high-level elected official in any country -- to have a ready answer to a standard Google engineering interview question,'' Google's own blogging Andrew McLaughlin reported.
"Asked by Eric Schmidt about "the most efficient way to sort a million 32-bit integers," Sen. Obama replied that "the bubble sort would be the wrong way to go." Though some might view this as shameless pandering to the bucket-sorting community, others will see a bold pragmatism.''
Comments
I thought Obama didn't like those rich CEO's?
Posted by: vla | October 21, 2008 3:25 PM
I thought Obama didn't like those rich CEO's?
Posted by: vla | October 21, 2008 3:25 PM
No, he just doesn't believe that they are the only people in America that matter, like McCain. He believes that our tax system shouldn't be structured only to cater to them, as do many CEOs like Schmidt and Warren Buffet.
Posted by: Mel | October 21, 2008 5:25 PM
I know who Colin Powell is.
But who the hell is Eric Schmidttttt?
Who really cares in this election ??
Posted by: ornery | October 21, 2008 8:52 PM