The Energy issue is boiling hot in DC. The 'Cheney Task Force' was a target from day one - because it was secret. The Dems vociferously protested, saying Reps were equally furious about Hillary's Health Care Task Force. They refuse to understand the objection: HILLARY WAS NOT ELECTED!
If you remember, during the run-up to the election, the 'BIG OIL' and ANWAR issues were front and center of the argument by the Dems - Bush would poison the environment, destroy the pristine Alaskan wilderness, etc. Bush won the election and that took the wind out of their sails until the energy bill started to percolate.
All of this served to produce a result little noticed by the Dems and the press at the time: the public is not surprised at the connection between Bush/Cheney and energy. Bush was talking up policies that would benefit Enron and others more than 2 years ago.
Perhaps so, but 2 years ago, he wasn't in a position to do anything about it, nor has he done anything about it since he's been president, unless you want to claim that provisions in the energy bill would benefit Enron--but they'd probably benefit other energy companies as well--not solely Enron.
What is quickly coming to the fore is that the Clinton Administration gave all kinds of help to Enron--trade junkets, India plant, possibly asking the SEC to waive filing requirements for Enron's operations.
I just don't think there's a there there. What the Democrats are accusing Bush of, he didn't do--but Clinton did.