Obama and the dems want to get the financial reform bill passed. (I will not get into the disgusting merits of the bill here). The dems know that America does not trust its leaders, but they also know that many Americans do not trust Wall Street. They are getting the GS story out NOW to gin up America agains GS, and use it as propaganda to get more of America behind the financial reform bill.
They are establilshing precedent for CIVIL fraud thru Goldman so that the potential thousands of suits and charges in the future involving others will also be civil fraud. No one will go to jail....”Too Big to Fail means Too Big for Jail”.