Enron was a mess - but the media drove its collapse for one reason:
The Media thought it would hurt President Bush.
How much media hype did we hear (by comparison) of the collapse of WorldCom? You can do a search to see the Enron stories dwarf anything else.
WorldCom News Stories = 532
Enron News Stories = 7,817
I think it is as much "Big Oil" and "Texas" as it is GWB - but the Coasties assume they are equal.
If they went messing in WorldCom's nest, they might run into friends of theirs or their bosses. Not so with Enron, as we are down in our own little world here. No reason to come to Houston unless you're coming here on purpose.
KennyBoy was as much "friends" with BillyJeff as Dubya - not *very very* at all. Of course, I'm not so sure they even meant Dubya when they said "the Bushes" - because there was more crossover with Neil here than GW.