At issue was Proposition 211, a California state initiative that would have made securities lawsuits easier to file in state courts. But I didn't expect him to do it publicly since it was a state issue. Yet that's just what Clinton did, right before a celebratory reconciliation dinner at Jobs' Palo Alto home. The fete, attended by more than a dozen of Silicon Valley's top executives, was followed two weeks later by a conference call to Clinton from 75 Silicon Valley executives, gushing their renewed support for the president. Browse The full Mother Jones 400 list.
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