Venture capitalist Peter Thiel shows up on a list of Trump delegates

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I wish someone from tech would get involved more directly (by running); I'd take a tech person from anywhere in the center 95% or so on ideological issues, but with startup/engineering/tech mindset to solving non-partisan issues vs. an ideologically-aligned candidate with the standard legal, PR, politics background. Especially for the House or state offices (less for for the President)

We've had a lot of tech people run lately: Carly Fiorina (VP and Senate) and Meg Whitman (Senate). They lost costly races where they outspent their rivals. Mayor Bloomberg was a tech guy. Then again so was Ross Perot. He might not be a serious candidate, but John McAfee is running for President.

Of all of them, Mayor Bloomberg seems to be the best suited for the national stage. I respect that he was smart enough to see that Trump/Sanders/Bloomberg -> Bloomberg, Trump/Hillary/Bloomberg -> Trump, while Trump/Hillary -> Hillary. A lesser person would have run anyway for the ego.

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