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To: Gerald R. Lampton who wrote (23703)	11/29/1999 11:25:00 PM
From: Daniel Schuh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24154

Most of the relevant Microsoft money is lobbying money, and it's somewhat prudent to spread it across both sides of the aisle, unless you are dead certain how the next election is going to turn out. Last I read, Democrats were doing much better than usual in fundraising among business because of just that, the outcome of the next election looks quite uncertain, especially in the House. And most politicians will take money where they can get it, the amount needed to run the perpetual campaigns that are becoming the norm these days is, uh, a lot. Why do you think any "left-liberal" or "social democrat" would be discredited by taking money from Microsoft? The main hole I see in that strategy (by Microsoft) is that the Congress doesn't matter that much, a blatant play to cut off the DoJ antitrust division's money is, well, a little too obvious. It may be too obvious even for the President, depending on how the court case looks at the time. Cheers, Dan.