Scrutinizing Attorney General and U.S. Senate candidate Richard Blumenthal's most recent campaign finance disclosure report, state GOP chairman Chris Healy must have felt as though he hit the lottery.
Right there, in black and white, was a $2,400 donation from one Robert J. Katz, a New Yorker whose occupation was listed as senior director of the Goldman Sachs Group.
In the current climate, with Goldman Sachs facing a civil suit lawsuit from the Securities and Exchange Commission (and according to today's New York Times, an investigation by New York Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo as well), few politicians are eager to be publicly linked to the firm.
Moreover, Blumenthal has taken a hard-line stance toward Goldman - he said the SEC's allegations read like a "Sopranos" episode and has begun a preliminary review to determine whether the Connecticut Attorney General's office will pursue its own investigation.