I think that he probably was advised by his mom that the future politically is not the demacrat party.....think rat leaving a sinking ship.....Susan Rice being in the leadership knows how bad things are politically for the democratic party. I would not trust him at all till he proves him self....corrupt people are attracted to where they see power and over the next 10 -20 years the danger for the republican party will be the corrupt children of demacrat politicians who see there way to power and money not in the demacrat party but in the republican party....corruption has no party affiliation.
I think you have hit the nail on the head. Money and Power are true aphrodisiac lures.