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Pmarchive · An hour and a half with Barack Obama

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I’ve tried very hard to keep politics out of this blog—despite nearly overpowering impulses to the contrary—for two reasons: one, there’s no reason to alienate people who don’t share my political views, as wrong-headed as those people may clearly be; two, there’s no reason to expect my opinion on political issues should be any more valid than any other reader of what, these days, passes for the New York Times. That said, in light of the extraordinary events playing out around us right now in the runup to the presidential election, I would like to share with you a personal experience that I was lucky enough to have early last year. Early in 2007, a friend of mine who is active in both high-tech and politics called me up and said, let’s go see this first-term Senator, Barack Obama, who’s ramping up to run for President. And so we did—my friend, my wife Laura, and me—and we were able to meet privately with Senator Obama for an hour and a half. The reason I think you may find this interest

I’ve tried very hard to keep politics out of this blog—despite nearly overpowering impulses to the contrary—for two reasons: one, there’s no reason to alienate people who don’t share my political views, as wrong-headed as those people may clearly be; two, there’s no reason to expect my opinion on political issues should be any more valid than any other reader of what, these days, passes for the New York Times . That said, in light of the extraordinary events playing out around us right now in the runup to the presidential election, I would like to share with you a personal experience that I wa

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