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...course Enron's tentacles aren't just about the Republicans - Enron wrote checks to Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman and energy-state centrist John Breaux, among others - and they aren't just about political cash. Bush Administration officials with other financial ties to Enron include former stockholder Karl Rove, former advisory board members Larry Lindsey and Robert Zoellick, former lobbyist Marc Racicot and former executive Thomas White Jr. (he's Secretary of the Army). And Robert Rubin, the Democrats' economic ombudsman - but also a big shot at Enron-exposed Citigroup - is on the hook for making his own help...
...measly $5.6 million. But by writing checks to most of the Hill and seemingly half of the Administration (and presciently employing the other half while the Democrats were in the White House), Enron effectively made itself a leper in distress. Ashcroft is off the case, Lindsey and Rove will be busily burying themselves in other matters, and Bush's best defense against a scandal will be to make sure Justice's special Enron-dedicated task force makes Ken Starr look like he went easy on the Clintons...
...leftovers from last year despite bipartisan support for each--will also find their way into the President's address, though election-year politics will probably keep them from going anywhere. And the biggest idea from Bush's campaign--privatizing Social Security--will have to wait as well. Although Karl Rove, Bush's political adviser, argues that Social Security reform is a political winner, House Republicans begged the President not to make them vote on such a polarizing issue in an election year...
...House has been an overt fan of energy deregulation, and certainly Bush didn't see Enron's role in the California crisis quite the way, say, Gray Davis did. And the list of Administration members with Enron connections is long indeed - aside form Lay buddies Bush and Cheney, Karl Rove was a big stockholder, Larry Lindsey and Robert Zoellick were $50,000-a-year board members, Marc Racicot was a lobbyist until Tuesday and Secretary of the Army Thomas White Jr. is a former executive...
...leftovers from last year despite bipartisan support for each-will also find their way into the President's address, though election-year politics will probably keep them from going anywhere. And the biggest idea from Bush's campaign-privatizing Social Security-will have to wait as well. Although Karl Rove, Bush's political adviser, argues that Social Security reform is a political winner, House Republicans begged the President not to make them vote on such a polarizing issue in an election year...