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...principal. Sit down to interview her, and you get a moment of silence before she answers each question with a disarming smile. You'd never guess that Cantwell, Washington State's Democratic Senate candidate, is an executive on leave from RealNetworks, the Seattle - based Internet giant - and the first dotcom millionaire with a shot at winning major political office...
...Cantwell has a paper fortune of roughly $13 million from her years at Real, $6 million of which has already gone to her war chest. Paradoxically, these dotcom dollars are helping her with the campaign-finance-reform crowd. "The fact that she's not taking PAC money is a plus," says veteran state pollster Stuart Elway...
...will leave no child behind and extend the life of Social Security while permitting yuppies to day trade the trust fund. How many candidates oppose love or favor leaving a child behind? I'm all for love, especially if it means not having to forgo retirement benefits if those dotcom investments don't pan out. But it doesn't follow that the Contract with America or Newt Gingrich's willingness to let the Medicare agency "wither on the vine" didn't deserve one heck of a battle, even a government shutdown...
...DOTCOM DOLDRUMS How many times can one industry boom, then bust? September saw yet another round of layoffs, bankruptcies and general gloom for the Internet industry. Analysts say there were more dotcom layoffs last month than in any month since last December. The NASDAQ plummeted more than 700 points, and websites from MTV.com to OfficeMax slashed their staffs. Even mighty Walmart.com shut its virtual doors to remodel for the holiday rush. The final irony, however, may have come when Dotcomfailures.com a website devoted to bankrupt Internet companies, went out of business. Now that's a downturn...
WHAT'S IN A NAME? If you thought dotcom marketing insanity reached its peak with the naked guy in those Buy.com ads, think again. IUMA.com the Internet Underground Music Archive, is offering $5,000 cash to any parents willing to give their baby the first name Iuma. So far, no fewer than five babies, including little Iuma Ross, right, of Williamsburg, Pa., have benefited from the campaign. At least they didn't name the kid Yahoo...