> Enron forgot to grease the right palms in Washington, and crucially also help deliver a Midterm victory to the Party.
Enron collapsed right after the 2000 election and before the 2002 primaries. Their outgoing CEO and chairman of the board was co-chairman of Bush's campaign and a personal friend of Bush Sr. and Dick Cheney. One major reason he was retiring was moving into politics, being mentioned as being on the short list for cabinet appointments (Treasury or Energy).
The chief US economics advisor and the chief US trade representative under W. were Enron advisory board members (well, they had to resign from the board when appointed by W.).
Enron collapsed right after the 2000 election and before the 2002 primaries. Their outgoing CEO and chairman of the board was co-chairman of Bush's campaign and a personal friend of Bush Sr. and Dick Cheney. One major reason he was retiring was moving into politics, being mentioned as being on the short list for cabinet appointments (Treasury or Energy).
The chief US economics advisor and the chief US trade representative under W. were Enron advisory board members (well, they had to resign from the board when appointed by W.).
My point is, Enron was well connected.