“Opponents have long called Pelosi ‘bad for business,’ but she’s not the anti-business ideologue of the typical Republican caricature. She regularly seeks out corporate leaders for their take on the economy and talks frequently with Bay Area business titans like Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Her brain trust includes numerous chief executives and venture capitalists. ‘I have found her to be supportive of Silicon Valley and the entire technology industry and always open to a healthy give-and-take on key issues,’ says Cisco Systems (CSCO) CEO John Chambers, who helped Pelosi develop an innovation agenda in 2005 that included a permanent R&D tax credit, education funding, and universal broadband access.”