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High-Tech Execs Hobnob On Election Night

November 4, 2008

Qorvis Communications, best known to Tech Daily Dose readers as the brains behind the Digital Freedom campaign, SaveNetRadio and a slew of other high-tech initiatives, hosted an Election Night party at their downtown DC headquarters on Tuesday evening. Despite the damp weather, the event drew a number of tech policy pros from the Computer and Communications Industry Association, Consumer Electronics Association, Digital Media Association, Information Technology Association of America and other groups. Among the familiar faces gracing the gathering, which was cosponsored by Beam Global Spirits & Wine, were Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama and President Bush (wax likenesses from Madame Tussauds). Life-sized cardboard cut-outs of GOP presidential nominee John McCain and vice-presidential picks Sarah Palin and Joe Biden were also on hand for plentiful photo ops.

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