US | Hillary Clinton Dubious Bush Benefactor Embedded in Clinton Camp Alan Quasha makes a strange Dem bedfellow By Jonas Oransky Posted Oct 21, 2007 8:09 PM CDT Copied Democratic Presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., speaks at the National Women's Finance Council Summit in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert) (Associated Press) See 2 more photos Hillary Clinton has another backer as mysterious as the now-discredited Norman Hsu—this one a businessman who goes way back with George W. Bush. The Nation examines Clinton's ties to Alan Quasha, the Harken Energy magnate who bailed out the younger Bush’s oil company in 1986. Quasha now has an odd, under-the-radar connection to the Clinton campaign. Democrats, including party fundraiser-in-chief chief Terry McAuliffe, criticized Bush early in his administration for his dealings with Harken, accused of shady links to Saudis and for "Enron-like accounting." Nonetheless, Quasha's entry into the Democratic camp began by giving McAuliffe—currently Hillary's campaign chief—and another Clinton pal a paycheck and an office to work out of in the months leading up to the campaign launch. Read These Next Defense officials react to Hegseth's Quantico meeting. Government shutdown is here. Here's what to expect. Colorado wants to give 'peace of mind' on Hunter S. Thompson. President asks nation's top generals to loosen up. See 2 more photos Report an error