Wonder who pays Standard and Poor for those press releases that conveniently get churned out pretty quick-like - and seem unusually too specific in content.

Anyone out there believe these S & P press releases are being offered for free? 

From the S&P press release: …we offer a unique combination of global coverage and local insight. Our research and opinions about relative credit risk provide market participants with information and independent benchmarks that help to support the growth of transparent, liquid debt markets worldwide.

Gov. Walker, or whoever makes the decisions, needs to disclose which one of his or his administration’s buddies have a close economic association with the ‘market participant(s)’.