I was listening to President Obama's remarks on the continuing GM/Chrysler saga when I was driving, and I could not understand why he talked about the government standing behind auto warranties. It felt bizarre. I felt the same way when he talked about weather-proofing roofs in the context of the stimulus bill discussions; remember that?
Thus, I was eagerly looking forward to Jon Stewart's satire, because I was that confident that it was one strangely humorous press conference. The Daily Show did not let me down. But, first, an excerpt from
David Brooks' column:
by enmeshing the White House so deeply into G.M., Obama has increased the odds that March’s menacing threat will lead to June’s wobbly wiggle-out. The Obama administration and the Democratic Party are now completely implicated in the coming G.M. wreck. Over the next few months, the White House will be subject to a gigantic lobbying barrage. The Midwestern delegations, swing states all, will pull out all the stops to prevent plant foreclosures. Unions will be furious if the Obama-run company rips up the union contract. Is the White House ready for the headline “Obama to Middle America: Drop Dead”? It would take a party with a political death wish to see this through.
And now, Jon Stewart:
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