Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - CNN - 20100808:19:51:00
Federal office. matt, we know well that you were one of goldman sachs's harshest critics, were you surprised by the pledge to stay out of election ads. >> i'm not surprised. because it's a meaningless gesture. goldman is excellent at those. last year they made a number of these public relations gestures. one wasn't so meaningless. they decided to forgo their fourth quarter bonuses. it was a pr move. but goldman sachs already in the first half of the year has spent about as much on lobbying as they spent all in 2009 and they'll continue to spend a ton of money on lon bying behind closed doors t...