Goldman Sachs switches support to Romney

Tuesday, October 9, 2012 - 11:22 RICHARD A. BROOKS/AFP/Getty Images Goldman Sachs has long supported Democrats in the presidential contest. But not this year. Why Goldman and other Wall Street banks are throwing their support behind Mitt Romney. Goldman Sachs has long supported Democrats in the presidential contest. Goldman employees gave generously to then-Senator Barack Obama in 2008. But not this time.  Goldman, along with the majority of people who work at big Wall Street banks, are backing former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney instead. One big reason? Dodd-Frank. Banks initially opposed the federal government's 2010 regulation of the financial sector. Perhaps even more significant, however, was the sense that Goldman and other highly influential institutions suddenly seemed a little less influential in Washington. Accustomed to members of Congressional Financial Services committees coming in for office visits, and frequent telephone communication, under Obama's White House, communciation ...

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