Will Goldman Sachs sink Meg Whitman?

[marmar]

from the San Francisco Chronicle:



Whitman campaign hit as Goldman's image sours
Carla Marinucci,Lance Williams, Chronicle Staff Writer

Wednesday, April 21, 2010


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(04-21) 18:33 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- With a new poll showing most Americans suspect investment banking firm Goldman Sachs committed fraud, Republican gubernatorial candidate Meg Whitman, a former director of the company, faces challenges from Democrats and Republicans for her ties to the firm.

Seventy-three percent of Americans believe it is at least "somewhat likely" that Goldman committed fraud in the home mortgage market after learning about the Securities and Exchange Commission's lawsuit against the firm last week, according to a Rasmussen Poll released Thursday.

A month before the June 8 primary, Republican gubernatorial candidate and state Insurance Commissioner Steve Poizner and Democratic candidate Jerry Brown have aggressively aimed to underscore links between Whitman, Goldman and Wall Street interests.

The latest public opinion surveys on Goldman could spell trouble for Whitman, the former eBay CEO, who was paid an estimated $475,000 as a member of the Goldman Sachs board of directors for little more than a year beginning in 2001. ...........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2010/04/21/MN6C1D2B0H.DTL&tsp=1

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. How much I hope we can make some political hay on this one...

:evilgrin:

[Ruby the Liberal]

2. $475k for a position that requires, what, 4 meetings a year?

These people live in a different world than I do.

[roguevalley]

3. we can but hope

[Overseas]

4. Yes please. Hope so. //nt

[Initech]

5. Something *HAS* to sink Meg Whitman.

Her ads are getting nauseatingly overplayed. :puke: