Why in the hell would anyone criticise a Governor of a state for supporting large corporations in that state? Of course you cater to them. You want them to stay. They provide jobs and taxes. It would be grounds for impeachment if a governor didn't have strong ties to the large corps in his state. For the record I don't like perry.
President is a little different story. he is supposed to look out for everyone. I actually have no problem with the fast tracking of the loan process for Solyndra, this happens a lot. The bad would be if at any point the loan was to be turned down for financial reasons and then the admin made it anyway. Hard to tell at this point.
As for political friends as the investors, come on. Rich people with investment funds are going to be political and contribute to politicians. Prove an impropriety first, but just because an investor gave BO money is not bad at all or unusual.