“With the campaign fundraising season in high swing, Republicans are making a play for corporate support from an industry that is regarded as a Democratic stronghold: information technology,” Josephine Hearn reports for The Hill. “Information technology has had a natural bent toward Democrats, with its roots in Silicon Valley, not far from the liberal bastion of San Francisco. During the 2000 election cycle, new-economy entrepreneurs gave handily to Democrats.”

“This year, however, Republicans are hoping to bring the IT industry in line with other, solidly Republican business interests,” Hearn reports. “Democrats, however, are not willing to concede the high-tech sector. They have been aggressively cultivating IT leaders as well, building on a base of ‘Atari Democrats’ from the 1980s and pro-business New Democrats from the 1990s. Sen. John Kerry raised $2 million at a San Jose fundraiser at the end of June. Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs is an adviser to Kerry and could well hold a Cabinet post in a Kerry administration.”

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MacDailyNews Take: As if Steve doesn’t have enough responsibilities to juggle with Apple and Pixar, but wouldn’t that put a fine ding in the Beltway’s universe?