Last year, Goldman hired a lesser-known—but very well-connected—former Capitol Hill staffer named Joe Wall to be a lobbyist. Wall had worked on Mitt Romney’s campaign in 2008 and was employed that same year in the Senate Office of the Vice President as a deputy assistant to Dick Cheney. Before that he was a key aide to House Majority Whip Roy Blunt.
If Mitt Romney were elected the next president of the Untied States, both Gregg and Wall will no doubt play the role of tentacles for the Vampire Squid’s reach into the White House. If Republicans keep control of the House or gain control of the Senate, Romney and Wall are the guys you want on your side.
But Goldman is nothing if not bipartisan. The firm has also hired two top Democrats—former Obama administration White House Counsel Greg Craig and Democratic Congressman Barney Frank’s former top banking staffer, Michael Paese.
So now you know who will win in 2012: Goldman Sachs.
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