Yeah, that's concerning, and I thought about it before posting. Ultimately I figure I'd let the community vote and decide for themselves. Full disclosure: The

Yeah, that's concerning, and I thought about it before posting. Ultimately I figure I'd let the community vote and decide for themselves. Full disclosure: The reason I saw this in the first place is because I'm a Rand Paul fan. And I like that he's hosting hackathons for the same reasons that I'm on this website-- I think tech is cool and I like to see how it affects every part of society. I think that other people on this website share that exact sentiment and would find this event interesting regardless of their political feelings. Is it advertising simply because it reflects positively on Paul or involves him? This is probably the first politician hosted hackathon, and you can be certain that this won't be the last. So it's cool to see IMO.