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Article: HOW TO HACK A PARTY LINE: The Democrats and Silicon Valley.(Review)
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- The Washington Monthly
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- January 1, 2001
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HOW TO HACK A PARTY LINE: The Democrats and Silicon Valley by Sara Miles Basic Books, $27.00
Valley of the Dollars
DRAMATIC ECONOMIC CHANGE--the move from farm to city, or from blue collar to white--has, generally speaking, been followed by substantial political realignment. Sara Miles sets herself no less a task than documenting such a realignment from the heartland of the "New Economy," Silicon Valley. Miles, a writer for Wired and other magazines, chooses as her focal point the efforts of Wade Randlett to raise money and organize support for Democrats among the Valley's venture capitalists, engineers, and entrepreneurs.
It is an intriguing ...