This story only includes sources from Berkeley. Since its talking about both state and federal government, I would expect it to include some of those sources. This is a one-time expenditure designed to stimulate the economy, the quote from Hemphill that "we finally have a president..." seems both one-sided and premature.

This is a great attempt to craft an interesting narrative out of an extremely complex, potentially dull subject. But it's a little too glossy, some of the context seems to get lost. Has the DOJ really only turned down one merger in the last 7 years? If so, why were they so intent on scuttling the google yahoo deal? Anonymous sources seem to suggest that it was microsoft's influence, but it's hard to believe that they would have any pull with the DOJ. And did Microsoft also convince the non-profits to campaign against the Google/Yahoo deal? It just seems improbably, and I'm not given enough facts to judge for myself.