The Timing of Political Points

[Chris]

...or the orchestrating of a crisis.

Friday, April 16

The Securities and Exchange Commission charged Goldman, Sachs & Co. and one of its vice presidents for defrauding investors.  POLITICO’s Marty Kady questions the timing of the SEC’s charges.

At 10:38 a.m. The New York Times breaks the news of the SEC’s charges.

28 minutes later after the The New York Times broke the news, Organizing for America, a project of the Democratic National Committee, emailed millions of people an email from President Obama asking for their help passing financial reform.

NY Times got the scoop: Almost immediately, The New York Times had a 1,200+ word article cued up and online.

At 2:17 p.m. Bloomberg News reporter Mike Dorning notes the reaction of White House economic adviser Lawrence Summers after he was informed of the SEC’s action.

At 3:38 p.m. POLITICO’s Eamon Javers says the SEC’s charges were unexpected.  Javers also mentions that President Obama had previously scheduled a meeting of his economic advisers.

As you can see, the timeline goes on and on...

http://famousdc.com/2010/04/18/dnc-vs-goldman-sachs-2/

[thundley4]

I mentioned this in a round about way in the Daily Presidential Approval Rating thread.  This regime is using this suit to back up there desire to control more of Wall Street.

[Ralph Wiggum]

Normally, the government holds off until after the regular close of the stock market to announce such charges, do they not?