When President Barack Obama arrives in Silicon Valley on Sunday to fundraise and stump for his tax-the-rich budget plan and jobs-creation proposals with a bit of fist-pumping populism, he might want to steer clear of 198 Champion Court in San Jose, home of Cypress Semiconductor.
"He has the image of a desperate president trying to campaign his way out of a problem,'' said T.J. Rodgers, Cypress' shoot-from-the-hip CEO and an outspoken libertarian. "This week, he's got a jobs plan. Last week, he was going to spend more money on computers in schools. And tomorrow, we'll have yet another ill-conceived program du jour.''
On the other hand, in between the two private fundraising events and the "town meeting'' with LinkedIn on Monday morning in Mountain View, the president would be more than welcome at 1250 Elko Drive in Sunnyvale, home of Serious Energy.
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Author: Patrick May
