This comes from pages 151-152 of "Bush Must Go" by Bill Press. If you don't have it...GET IT. Seriously, it is excellent. No fluff, just meat 'n' potatoes. Proof (as if anyone on DU needed it) that Bush ALWAYS takes care of his "base." Now watch him drive.
These are the lawyers that made up the core of Bush's legal team when he was fighting Al Gore in Florida. After they handed him the White House, they were rewarded with the following high-power, high-profile positions:
1). From the firm of Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher:
Ted Olson, Solicitor General of the U.S.
Eugene Scalia (son of Justice Antonin Scalia), Solicitor for the Dept. of Labor
Robert Bonnor, U.S. Customs Commissioner
M. Sean Royal, Deputy Director of the Federal Trade Commission's Bureau of Competition
Miguel Estrada, failed nominee to the federal D.C. court of Appeals
2). From the firm of White & Case:
Tim Flanigan, Deputy White House Counsel
Marcos Daniel Jimenez, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Florida
3). From the firm of Greenberg Traurig:
Alberto Mora, General Counsel of the Navy
Michael P. Socarras, General Counsel of the Air Force
4). From the firm of Baker Botts:
Kirk Van Tine, General Counsel, Department of Transportation
Claude Allen, Deputy Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services
Angela Styles, Administrator, Office of Federal Procurement Policy
Robert Jordan, Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Patrick Wood, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
John P. Elwood, Counselor to Justice Department, Criminal Division
On the following pages, Press lists an additional 22 people who were given similar positions "with no qualifications other than having raised a minimum $100,000 for the 2000 Bush campaign."