Originally Posted by _Richard_

The Bush team tried to conditionally approve the Solyndra loan just before President Obama took office.
The company?s backers included private investors who had diverse political interests.
The loan comprises just 1.3% of DOE?s overall loan portfolio. To date, Solyndra is the only loan that?s known to be troubled.

http://thinkprogress.org/romm/2011/0...oan-guarantee/