Submit a Story!
Psyche
Apparently the Bush administration has rejected that "orderly" bankruptcy for GM and Chrysler it was considering: While the option of placing Chrysler and GM into a prearranged bankruptcy has been considered, the administration decided that such a move would put Ford at a competitive ...
Comments
Blog Reactions

Compassionate Conservatism Just Means Making Different People Hurt
The Sundries Shack — ... something he called an “orderly bankrupcty”, where the federal government would limit itself to being a lender of very last resort and guaranteeing the warranties on cars made by GM and Chrysler. Aside from that, the companies would have to submit to bankruptcy proceedings like every other company in the same situation. That wasn’t a bad plan, actually, and it would have solved a couple big problems that could have made rebuilding a much more difficult proposition. Then, apparently, the President’s compassion kicked in . While the option of placing Chrysler and GM into a ...

Related Content
U.S. Psyche Bedevils Health Effort
online.wsj.com 8/5/2009 — Here are five reasons why the quest to "reform" the health-care system has bedeviled every president since Harry Truman.
Line of the Day: CA Voters and America’s Political Psyche
poliblogger.com 5/22/2009 — Via the LAT : California voters exercise their power — and that’s the problem voters in the special election refused either to extend new tax hikes or to cap state spending. They also declined to unlock funds that they had voted in ...
Jury reaches verdict in Safavian trial (AP)Yahoo! News: Politics News 12/19/2008
AP - A federal jury has reached a verdict in the corruption trial of a former Bush administration official charged in the Jack Abramoff lobbying scandal.
Bush hosts Abbas in farewell visitmsnbc.com: Politics 12/19/2008
President George W. Bush and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas are assessing the stalled U.S.-backed negotiations with Israel that will almost certainly fail to meet a year-end deadline for a peace deal.
Safavian convicted again in Abramoff scandalmsnbc.com: Politics 12/19/2008
A former Bush administration official has been convicted for lying about his relationship with disgraced lobbyist Jack Abramoff.
Bush signs off on Clinton pay cutCNN Political Ticker 12/19/2008
Hillary Clinton's salary will drop to pre-2007 amount. WASHINGTON (CNN) – President Bush cleared the way Friday for Hillary Clinton to become secretary of state, signing a law that removes a potential constitutional barrier for the New ...
Bush team briefed Obama transition on options for automakersCNN Political Ticker 12/19/2008
President Bush said Friday that automakers must show they can be profitable businesses by March 31. (CNN) — The Bush Administration briefed President-elect Obama’s transition team over the last several days about options the Treasury was ...