Zandar's Thought Of The Day

Cartoon by Pat Bagley at Cagle Cartoons.

Let's not forget both sides are using the auto companies to advance their political agendas.

The GOP wants to protect auto executives and CEOs, while busting the last remnants of the UAW and ignoring global warming. The Dems want to protect the UAW while stopping global warming and attacking excessive CEO pay.

The GOP position is like the airlines, the Big 3 will emerge leaner, meaner, and stronger (never mind the airlines had to then turn to consolidation, massive layoffs, and union busting to do so.) The Dems position is that the government has to step in (never mind the Dems screamed that the auto industry was a dinosaur that deserves to die.)

The compromise will most likely save the industry...just not the union jobs. Dems will get a much greener industry, GOP will get the UAW all but decimated, and they'll each call it a win.

Unless, you know, you're an auto worker in a plant town.