the notes were passed to Obama via senior aides traveling with him, who had been emailed the document via a current Goldman Sachs employee and Wall Street fundraiser for the Obama campaign. "It was made clear that the memo was from friends' and was reliable," says the campaign source.
The memo allowed Obama and his fellow Democrats to box in Republican attendees and essentially took what President Bush had billed as a negotiating meeting off the rails. "Paulson and his team have not acted in good faith for this President or the administration for which they serve," says a House Republican leader who was not present at the White House meeting, but who instead is part of the team hammering out the House GOP alternative. "We keep hearing about how Secretary Paulson is working with Democrats on this or that, yet he never seems to consider working with the party that essentially hired him. Perhaps he's auditioning for a Democratic administration job. Our proposal didn't just spring forth fully formed; we've been working on this for several days, and Treasury staff has known about it."
Right - Obama owns the present plan, which is wildly unpopular, according to polling data. Paulsen's staff drafted the bailout how long ago? The street has been talking about thd bailout for far longer than John Q. Public has known. Guarantee there was leakage from Treasury about the details of the plan. Contributions then flow to he who the street thinks will be best of execute the plan that benefits them best.
So how long has Treasury had this plan in the works? Shouldn't the public know?