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Obama Asks Bush to Help the Automakers
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The president-elect pleaded with President Bush to take immediate action on America's failing auto industry.
New York Times: "As the auto industry reels, rarely has an issue so quickly illustrated the differences from one White House occupant to the next." ...
Free Trade And Bailing Out The Auto Industry
A Chequer-Board of Nights and Days —
In their meeting today at the White House, President-elect Obama and President Bush discussed bailing out the auto industry. The President-elect was for it. The President wasn't but indicated that he might agree if Congress helped pass free trade agreements between the United States and countries like Colombia. The President-elect countered that this linkage was unacceptable because "human rights abuses against unionists." This excuse for rejecting the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade deal is nonsensical : The anti-FTA case in the U.S. has been built on two pillars of propaganda. The first is that under Mr. Uribe's leadership, labor unions have suffered ...
Free Trade And Bailing Out The Auto Industry
RedState: Conservative News and Community —
In
their meeting today at the White House, President-elect Obama
and President Bush discussed bailing out the auto industry. The
President-elect was for it. The President wasn't but indicated that
he might agree if Congress helped pass free trade agreements
between the United States and countries like Colombia. The
President-elect countered that this linkage was unacceptable
because "human rights abuses against unionists."
This excuse for rejecting the U.S.-Colombia Free Trade deal is
nonsensical:
The anti-FTA case in the U.S. has been built on two pillars of
propaganda. The first is that under Mr. Uribe's ...
Obama Asks Bush to Help the Automakers
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... The president-elect pleaded with President Bush to take immediate action on America's failing auto industry during their White House meeting.
New York Times: "As the auto industry reels, rarely has an issue so quickly illustrated the differences from one White House occupant to the next." ...
Bush wants to play, 'Let's make a deal'?
Political Animal —
... to share second-hand details with the media, preferring words like "friendly" and "productive." That said, we did get a sense of what was on Obama's mind . The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as President-elect Barack Obama urged President Bush in a meeting at the White House to support immediate emergency aid. Mr. Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats dropped their ...
Obama Asks Bush to Help the Automakers
The Page by Mark Halperin —
... Reports leak that the president-elect pleaded with Bush to take immediate action on the failing U.S. auto industry during their Monday meeting.
NY Times: "As the auto industry reels, rarely has an issue so quickly illustrated the differences from one White House occupant to the next." ...
The Early Word: A Party Asks, 'What Now?'
The Caucus —
It’s been a difficult week for the Republican Party, whose leaders have had to contend not only with defeat in the presidential election but also in key House and Senate races as they watch the public transfer of power to President-elect Barack Obama. Today The Times’s Adam Nagourney reports on the internal debate over who will take the helm of the G.O.P. ...
Why?
Balloon Juice —
I think I disagree with Obama on this one:
The struggling auto industry was thrust into the middle of a political standoff between the White House and Democrats on Monday as President-elect Barack Obama urged President Bush in a meeting at the White House to support immediate emergency aid.
Mr. Bush indicated at the meeting that he might support some aid and a broader economic stimulus package if Mr. Obama and Congressional Democrats dropped their opposition to a free-trade agreement with Colombia, a measure for which Mr. Bush has long fought, ...
