Ummm, most “prudent investors” don’t have the power to enact legislation or sit as Chairman on committees that have oversight over not only the agencies that regulate these industries but the in the case of energy companies the very lands that operate on.
To not recognize the differences between an average investor and the position a U.S. Senator is in in like saying there is no difference between an average person betting on a basketball game and the coach of one the teams betting on the game.
Not conspiracy theories, it is called conflict of interest.
Most people in his position do the smart thing and either invest in mutual funds, cd’s, or have a blind trust.
Republicans ran a well meaning but terrible canidate against him in November (Raese basically admitted he didn’t even live in WV). Run a good canidate against him in 2012 and things may be different...