politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com - 12/22/2008
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Auto sales have plummeted in recent months.
WASHINGTON (CNN) – A new national poll suggests that a majority of Americans approve of recent loans to the big U.S. automakers, but fewer than three in ten would support any additional assistance if the domestic auto industry asked for such help.
Sixty-three percent of those questioned in a new [...]
althouse.blogspot.com - 12/20/2008
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althouse.blogspot.com —
"Negotiations ended, no deal.... Until next year. Corker
tried to make a deal with Dems, UAW wouldn't
make concessions, so it will die on cloture vote with GOP opposing. Vitter held the line too, objecting to quick vote, forcing more debate. He was ...
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"Auto bailout dead."
weeklystandard.com - 12/22/2008
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weeklystandard.com —
President Bush approved a short-term bridge loan to
Detroit on Friday averting a pre-New Year’s bankruptcy for
one or more of the auto companies. But the White House action also kicked the can to the Obama administration to figure out a longer-term ...
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Do Americans Support the Auto Bailout?
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Bailout nation: 63% support Bush’s TARP loan to Big Three
Hot Air » Top Picks —
... But no more money after this. Right? But if the auto companies should ask for more taxpayer assistance, the poll indicates that public opinion changes dramatically. Only 28 percent would approve of providing the automakers more money, with 70 percent saying let them go bankrupt .“One reason for that: only 15 percent say that the country would face a crisis if the automakers went bankrupt, and half say that would not cause any problems for them personally at all . But most say that the country would face major problems if the auto companies were in bankruptcy,” says CNN ...
Progressive Breakfast: Oh, What a Reeling
LiberalOasis : The Blog —
... CNN: "A new national poll suggests that a majority of Americans approve of recent loans to the big U.S. automakers, but fewer than three in ten would support any additional assistance if the domestic auto industry asked for such help. Sixty-three percent of those questioned in a new CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey support the roughly $13 billion loan package the White House is extending to American automakers to prevent them from going into bankruptcy, with 37 percent opposing the move." ...
63% Of Americans Supported Bush’s Bailout Of The Auto Industry
Say Anything —
... But 70% say that, if the auto companies can’t get solvent after this bailout, they should go bankrupt. ...
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CNN Political Ticker 12/23/2008
WASHINGTON (CNN) — A new national poll indicates that more than nine out of ten of Americans think that economic conditions in the country are poor, with the economy remaining far and away the nation's top concern.
In a CNN-Opinion Research ...
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