My mother flew from San Francisco to Seattle today, and was annoyed to be kept sitting on the runway for two hours while President Obama flew into town. "How rude," she said. Obama probably shouldn't count on her vote when he's up for reelection. But I'm guessing the trip was worth it anyway. Besides pissing off my mother, he entertained the rapturous digerati at a Facebook town hall meeting today. Afterwards, though, it was back to the business of raising money. And the tech elite did not disappoint. Seventy or so CEO and finance types congregated at the San Francisco home of Salesforce founder and CEO Marc Benioff, paying $35,000 each for a steak dinner with the president, plus a photo opp. Yes, I did the math, too. That's $2.5 million. Not bad for a day's work, even when you factor in disappointing my mom. It probably almost made a dent in the government's security and other expenses in sending him out here.
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