<<Google Inc. Chief Executive Eric Schmidt will hit the campaign trail this week on behalf of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama, signaling Mr. Schmidt's push for a greater voice in politics while giving the Obama campaign a boost from a highly desirable constituency.>>
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122446734650049199.html?mod=rss_whats_news_technology
Back in November last year, Obama also visited Google to talk with Eric Schmidt (as part of the Candidates at Google series):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4yVlPqeZwo |
A mistake imho
The McCain campaign will shout to bias from Google (the Youtube ads, the Register to vote thing, Google News being impartial, boycott...)
I would have done it anyway, but it may harm Google and Obama (14 days left, that's long enough fro a controversy to be stirred) |
Another place where Eric Schmidt endorses Obama:
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/8bd131d0-a8f5-11dd-a19a-000077b07658.html?nclick_check=1
The last bit claims:
<<This article expresses the personal opinion of Eric Schmidt, the chief executive of Google. The company has remained strictly neutral in the presidential campaign>>
[Thanks Manoj!] |
And here's an Obama ad... using a clip shot at the Google headquarters (you can see parts of the word "Google" in the background):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INo69f7f8bo
[Via http://friendfeed.com/duncanriley] |
