The phoney war finally ended when Hillary Clinton conceded the Democratic Party's 2008 presidential nomination to Barack Obama. However, her exit still demands a few words. Many in Silicon Valley and the USA's other high technology regions were disappointed. Public records for political donations show that Senator Clinton had legions of supporters in the world of engineering. Indeed, beyond acknowledging her personal qualities, also remember that Bill's term marked a period of almost uninterrupted growth for hi-tech -perhaps there was a little too much of it, but that didn't stem the fond memories. Moreover, the contrast with the perceived (and sadly, often justifiable) anti-science bias of the Bush administration was stark.
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