McCain's angels

Who is receiving the most support from women in the US presidential campaign? Not Hillary Clinton -- it is John McCain.

Retiring eBay Chief Executive Meg Whitman, who steps down from her job at the online auction giant this week, is joining McCain's presidential campaign as a national co-chair. Whitman had been a major fundraiser for Mitt Romney, who dropped out of the Republican race last month. Whitman, a billionaire Harvard graduate who steered eBay through Internet boom and bust by staying loyal to her original goal to create an environment in which 'ordinary people' could be successful, will oversee McCain's financing and policy development.

Whitman is the second marquee Silicon Valley businesswoman to land a key job with McCain. Former Hewlett-Packard Chief Executive Carly Fiorina was approached to lead the Republican National Committee's fundraising efforts for McCain's campaign and will continue to promote his economic agenda. The San Jose Mercury News reports that both Whitman and Fiorina have been touted as possible Republican Party candidates for California governor in 2010 and could be in line for influential Washington jobs should McCain win in November.