National Journal 的Stan Collender在这些攻击当中发现了白宫的影子：毕竟格林斯潘是布什政府的严厉批评者，而对一个对布什持批评态度的共和党前政策制定者的公信力发动攻击是不折不扣的报复手段。
Stan Collender of National Journal sees the fingerprints of the White House on these attacks: Greenspan is harshly critical of George W. Bush’s administration, after all, and to attack the credibility of Republican ex-policymakers who are critical of Bush is standard counterpunching for it.