“In the current cast of characters, the Republicans are on our side, our local Democrats support us because our arguments are obvious, and the other Democrats don’t—because they don’t get it. The president understands the argument and would like to support us, he says, but there are various political issues. That’s roughly the situation. That’s been true for twenty years, through different presidents and different leaders. It’s stupid. So my point is that if you want to get a sense of how to screw this up, to put it negatively, then make it harder for us to bring in the world’s smartest people.” - Google’s Eric Schmidt
If Washington had a Klout score, what would it be?
We sat down with Klout Founder Joe Fernandez on a hotel terrace in Menlo Park Wednesday to not only discuss Klout, but to find out from the creator of a system that rates influence, where Washington D.C. — a city of lawmakers and lobbyists — would fall on the 1-to-100 rating system.
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