What PR pill did Lloyd Blankfein pop so soon after escaping Carl Levin’s chamber on Capitol Hill?

Here’s the Goldman chairman/ceo on Charlie Rose. It’s a polished performance – and one in which Blankfein acknowledges he doesn’t know whether his bank would have survived without government support and where he says that the American public’s anger is “understandable and even justified…”

It’s an open and near-human performance, where Blankfein even gets in a mention of Jimmy Stewart portrayal of George Bailey in It’s a Wonderful Life.

And yet it leaves one gaping question: why did Blankfein not employ such communication skills when he was in front of the Senate subcommittee on investigations?

We can only speculate. In the meantime, here’s 51 minutes of prime TV.

UPDATE: You can enjoy Lloyd in the comfort of your own home tonight. The Charlie Rose interview will air on Bloomberg TV at 8pmET, Monday, and then again at 10pm.

This entry was posted by Paul Murphy on Monday, May 3rd, 2010 at 17:04 and is filed under Capital markets, People. Tagged with goldman sachs, lloyd blankfein, sec. Edit this entry.