Detroit plan has GOP all over the map

[Nonno]

Detroit plan has GOP all over the map - Lisa Lerer and Martin Kady II - POLITICO.com

"President Barack Obama may or may not be able to save the U.S. auto industry, but his dramatic restricting plan is already having some effect: It’s sent the highly disciplined GOP message machine careening out of control.

Sen. John McCain, the Republicans’ 2008 presidential candidate, accused Obama Monday of “unprecedented window dressing” and said his plan didn’t go far enough. But Rep. Thaddeus G. McCotter, chairman of the House Republican Policy Committee, complained that Obama was being tougher on Detroit than he’s been on Wall Street.

California Rep. Darrell Issa praised Obama for having “struck the right chord.” But Tennessee Sen. Lamar Alexander said Obama’s plan was “not the right direction.”

Ohio Sen. George Voinovich, co-chairman of the Senate Auto Caucus, said he was happy that the White House was “insisting that American auto companies receiving taxpayer dollars can stand on their own two feet eventually.” But Tennessee Sen. Bob Corker called Obama’s plan “a major power grab by the White House” that would leave the federal government with almost complete control over General Motors.

For a party that was all but united in opposition to the Democrats’ stimulus plan and the president’s budget, the Detroit disarray was striking — and understandable.

Two factors undermined any attempt at a unified GOP response: parochialism and timing.

Midwest auto state senators like Voinovich felt like they had to back Obama’s restructuring for Chrysler and General Motors, while Southern senators like Corker, who has significant foreign auto manufacturing interests in his home state, don’t like the preferential treatment they think Detroit is getting.

And it didn’t help that the Republicans were caught by surprise.

By the time lawmakers learned of Obama’s plans in a White House conference call Sunday night, the media were already reporting that the Obama administration had asked for the resignation of GM Chief Rick Wagoner — and gotten it.

One senior GOP Senate aide acknowledged that Republicans were caught flat-footed. And because many lawmakers were traveling back to Washington Monday after a weekend away, they didn’t have much of a chance to formulate a unified response.

[This_person]

Originally Posted by Nonno

By the time lawmakers learned of Obama’s plans in a White House conference call Sunday night, the media were already reporting that the Obama administration had asked for the resignation of GM Chief Rick Wagoner — and gotten it.

How could a president, who campaigned on the idea of bipartisanship, open and transparent government, etc., etc., be doing things like this without discussing with the Senate, let alone the five day period for non-emergencies he said he would?

Are you reporting to us what a liar Mr. Obama is? Is that the point of your message?

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Originally Posted by This_person

Are you reporting to us what a liar Mr. Obama is? Is that the point of your message?

He's reporting that Obama wipes his ass with the constitution

[This_person]

Originally Posted by aps45819

He's reporting that Obama wipes his ass with the constitution

Does Nonno know what the Constitution is?

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Originally Posted by This_person

Does Nonno know what the Constitution is?

Maybe not as well as most people do, but then, how many know in such great detail as much about the appearance of the inner sanctum of obamas bung hole as Nonno?
nonno knows holes.