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It surely is embarrassing that California's two senators were strong supporters of PIPA and that they are still in office. Silicon Valley is sending a strong message - "Mess with us, and we'll be very angry for about 4 days. Then we'll go back to trying to get rich."

If the Tea Party could throw out dozens of fiscal moderate Republicans from the Congressional caucus, surely we - the technically savvy citizens of Silicon Valley - can play the political game and win?



Yes, exactly.

Just as a simple example, Nancy Pelosi might retire in the next few years (I'm skeptical that D's are going to retake the house in 2014), if that's the case where is the developer/entrepreneur candidate for that seat?


It's important to remember how tiny the tech crowd really is vs. the size of California.


Oh I'm sorry, I missed the unsuccessful Silicon Valley attempt to defeat Dianne Feinstein in the primaries.




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