Goolsbee: Negotiations are Done on Financial Reform

Republicans are making last minute pleas for negotiation on financial reform, just like they did on healthcare. They wait until it's all over and then say they weren't invited to the party. Mitch McConnell is screeching but Austan Goolsbee says negotiations are done. Robert Gibbs:

But Gibbs then warned Obama “would not accept bad policy in pursuit of bipartisanship,” and also suggested Republicans were looking for loopholes for large banks and other financial interests.

Obama has “made clear that bipartisanship should not be equated with an openness to lobbyist loopholes and special interest carve-outs, and that he would be unwilling to negotiate on some key issues,” Gibbs said. The Hill