Elbow Rubbing

By Kathleen Adams, Amanda Bower, Val Castronovo, Randy Hartwell, Ellin Martens, Sora Song, Joel Stein and Josh Tyrangiel

THE CLUBHOUSE Whether you call it a revolving door, musical chairs or politics as usual, the comings and goings of the board of directors at Electronic Data Systems Corp. proves partisanship runs only so deep.

--Ross Perot founds EDS in 1962, sells it to GM in 1984, resigns from its board in 1986

--Perot announces run for presidency (February 1992), taking on Bill Clinton and President George H.W. Bush, whose Secretary of Defense is Richard Cheney and whose Secretary of State is James Baker III

--Due in part to votes won by Perot, Bush loses to Clinton/Gore (November 1992)

--Baker and Cheney join EDS board (June 1996)

--Clinton names William Daley Secretary of Commerce (December 1996)

--Daley tapped to chair Gore campaign (July 2000)

--George W. Bush names Dick Cheney his V.P. candidate (August 2000)

--Cheney resigns his seat on the EDS board of directors (August 2000)

--Baker heads Bush legal team during contentious Florida recount (November 2000)

--Bush becomes President, Cheney V.P. (January 2001)

--Daley takes the EDS board seat that had been vacated by Cheney (February 2001). He will serve alongside James Baker