mariner, here’s a fun bit of trivia about Spencer Abraham: In 1997, he joined a group of senators in attempting to abolish the Department of Energy, calling it “wasteful and ungainly”, having “no core mission”. Then, after he lost his seat to Debbie Stabenow, President Bush made him Secretary of Energy; when questioned about his earlier efforts to dismantle the DOE, he said he was no longer interested in doing so. (President Bush had a soft spot for losing senators; he even found a position for John Ashcroft, who lost to a dead man).
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