In the wake of President Obama’s reelection, attention has turned to possible shake-ups among top cabinet secretaries. One official expected to be shown the door is Energy Secretary Steven Chu. The short-list of likely replacements is made up entirely of individuals with ties to green energy companies that got taxpayer money during Obama’s first term.

“[T]he Solyndra debacle has been a disaster,” Politico notes in a Thursday report on Chu’s imminent exit, “and the Hill is unhappy too.”