Why Does This Seem So Apropos?

Fed Intends to Hire Lobbyist in Campaign to Buttress Its Image – Bloomberg.com – Robert Schmidt – 5 June 09

The Federal Reserve intends to hire a veteran lobbyist as it seeks to counter skepticism in Congress about the central bank’s growing power over the U.S. financial system, people familiar with the matter said…Linda Robertson …headed the Washington lobbying office of Enron Corp…also an adviser to all three of the Clinton administration’s Treasury secretaries….Lawrence Summers, Robert Rubin and Lloyd Bentsen…”People have been asking whether the Fed is capable of getting its job done right,” said Lynn Turner, a former chief accountant at the Securities and Exchange Commission. “Hiring a former lobbyist from Enron will surely make one wonder.”..