Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal
The Wall Street Journal reported Monday that Schmidt has also been providing unofficial advice to the Democratic hopeful on energy and technology issues, and speculation swirls around whether he could be in line for a Chief Technical Officer post Obama has said he would create in his administration.
Schmidt has said Google is neutral in the campaign. The Mountain View-based company's employees have donated a total of $487,355 to Obama's campaign, according to reports. They've given $20,600 to Sen. John McCain's.
Both Obama and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) have said they are in favor of limiting the rate changes Internet providers can make for different levels of service.
Schmidt follows on the heels of other tech executives who also became involved in the presidential race: former Palo Alto-based Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE:HPQ) CEO Carly Fiorina, San Jose-baed eBay Inc. (NASDAQ:EBAY) CEO Meg Whitman and San Jose-based Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ:CSCO) CEO John Chambes have been advising and stumping for McCain.
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