Power of corporate lobby was amplified in Bush-era Florida in sign of political influence gone awry: Democracy, elections and voting at Democracy Chronicles

Jeb Bush had just completed his successful campaign for re-election and now confronted a second term as governor of Florida. Seeking to shape his immediate agenda, he solicited advice from one one of his most trusted advisors: David Rancourt, his former deputy chief of staff, who had since become a corporate lobbyist at one of the…