> SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) - Fifty-five executives with ties to the > high-tech world urged Texas Gov. George W. Bush to run for president > Monday, > saying they liked his views on education, litigation and regulation. > > ``We need visionary leaders who understand the New Economy,'' the > executives wrote in an advertisement they placed in Monday's editions of > the San > Jose Mercury News' business section. > > Among those on the list of Bush backers are Jim Barksdale, president and > CEO of Netscape Communications; Bob Herbold, chief operating officer of > Microsoft Corp. (Nasdaq:MSFT - news); Jeff Henley, chief financial > officer of Oracle Corp (Nasdaq:ORCL - news); and Steve Behm, a vice > president > of Cisco Systems. > > The others are executives at finance, law, semiconductor, software and > hardware firms. > > They praised Bush for ``creating an environment that stresses personal > responsibility over government intervention, and innovation over > regulation.''
