Cooperate with Team Obama and prosper. It's no news that Menendez was crook. But that was OK as long as he played ball with Team Obama.
Go against Team Obama in any way and you are over.
This is the famous 'Narcotraficante Deal" offered to police officers and politicians in Colombia.
Obama runs things sort of how some apartment complex managers run things; they will have a bunch of rules, like no pets including cats but not enforce anything. As soon as you do something that cheeses off management, bammm! You’ll be cited for having a cat.