Presidential Politics Divide Silicon Valley
By LAURIE J. FLYNN
Published: April 12, 2004
AN FRANCISCO, April 11 - Marc Andreessen, the Silicon Valley entrepreneur who in 1995 made a fortune taking Netscape public, is not returning calls from the Democratic Party these days.
In the last two election cycles, Mr. Andreessen donated $350,000 to Democratic candidates, including a single $250,000 check to the Democratic National Committee during Al Gore's 2000 run for the White House. He even held a dinner at his home in Palo Alto, Calif., for John Kerry's Senate campaign in 2000.
But for now, he is sitting this one out. "If they're going to run on an anti-business message, forget me," he said.
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