Count me as one who's glad to see it made the front page. In this case, I don't think the OP was endorsing the candidate because he thought to have a Hackathon

Count me as one who's glad to see it made the front page. In this case, I don't think the OP was endorsing the candidate because he thought to have a Hackathon, but rather found it interesting that the idea of a Hackathon had made it to politics.