Roland Martin Talks with Alvin Greene, the Mystery SC Democratic Senate Primary Winner

Roland Martin talks with Alvin Green, the mystery SC Democratic Senate primary winner about his campaign for US Senate. Greene states that he used old fashion campaigning to win the Democratic nomination. Greene says that his campaign is about jobs, education and justice. Greene explains that he is the best candidate for US Senate in South Carolina because he identifies with the constituents more than any of his opponents.

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Goldman Sachs Publicly Supports Financial Reform, But Fights It With Lobbyists

Source: Adele Hampton / Huffington Post

For all of Goldman Sachs’ professed support for an overhaul of financial regulations, the megabank hasn’t exactly withdrawn its army of lobbyists. Far from wearing out its welcome, the firm is busier than ever safeguarding its interests while a Wall Street crackdown takes shape in Washington.

Goldman has an unrivaled and influential network of lobbyists, including about 50 people with close ties to Congress and past White Houses, a Huffington Post Investigative Fund analysis of lobbying and campaign records shows. The lobbyists are challenging reforms aimed at Goldman’s profit centers, including the trading of complex contracts known as derivatives. The Senate this week will continue debating proposed regulations of derivatives, which are blamed for fueling the financial crisis.

Perceptions of Goldman’s role in the crisis, along with a civil fraud case brought against the bank last month by the Securities and Exchange Commission, have already spurred predictions of a less dominant future. But all is not lost for Goldman, which still stands out as perhaps the most influential of the nation’s top six banks — a remarkable feat given a crowded field of well-connected institutions.

Goldman’s professional persuaders hail from 14 different lobbying firms, Senate lobbying records show. No other top bank — not JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America, Morgan Stanley, Wells Fargo or Citigroup — has as many firms lobbying on its behalf. Goldman has hired nearly 40 lobbyists, all former government employees, to target financial reform alone, Senate disclosure records show.

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Should Pres. Obama Have Checked The Supreme Court?

Roland and his panel talk about President Obama’s State of the Union and Justice Alito’s reaction to it. Should the President have left the judges out of it or was it his right? Watch Joe Madison and Armstrong Williams battle it out.

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Roland S. Martin Perspective: Do Dems Need A “Purity Test?”

With all the in-fighting and bickering, Roland asks “Do the DEMOCRATS need a purity test?”

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Education Secretary has Big Surprise for HBCU’s

Secretary of Education Arne Duncan came by Washington Watch to express President Obama’s full support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities with $98 million dollar of support.

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