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ThatDamnedPanda -> RE: Steele says GOP comeback has started (5/19/2009 8:14:40 PM)
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ORIGINAL: MarsBonfire
The auto companies, teetering on the edge after decades of mis-management, are being retooled to become more competative. No major numbers of blue collar jobs are lost.
Mars, you want to know what's even more remarkable? I don't know if you missed it, but take a look at who is supporting Obama's aggressive new fuel efficiency standards. Check out this quote, regarding some of the people who attended the announcement today to show their support for his initiatives -
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“It launches a new beginning,” said David McCurdy, president of the Alliance of Automobile Manufactuers in a statement. “The president has succeeded in bringing three regulatory bodies, 15 states, a dozen automakers and many environmental groups to the table.” The Washington-based alliance represents 11 carmakers, including GM, Chrysler LLC, Ford Motor Co. and Toyota Motor Corp. Other CEOs attending today’s White House announcement are Chrysler LLC’s Bob Nardelli, Ford Motor Co.’s Alan Mulally and Daimler AG’s Dieter Zetsche. United Auto Workers President Ron Gettelfinger will also be there, according to a White House statement.
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For all you Republicans out there who are bellowing about how how Obama is destroying the economy by undermining American business, what that article says is that the auto companies and the autoworkers unions are supporting his fuel efficiency standards. Last week, when the House Energy Commerce Committee wrote an energy bill restricting carbon emissions, who supported it? The utility industry. Earlier in the week, the pharmaceutical industry and the health insurance industry appeared with the President to announce their commitment to joining with Obama in reducing medical costs.
The man is winning over the American businesspeople who just a few months ago spit on their hands and crossed themselves at the mention of his name, and instead of aligining themselves with their traditional ideological allies, the Republican Party, and opposing him, they are publicly pledging their commitment to working with him. He's persuading people who considered themselves his ideological enemies that he is a man they can do business with.
Are you guys noticing this? Do you realize what this means? These may not be the headlines, but this is the real story of what he's accomplishing these past few weeks. Watch this space over the next month. I think something's happening here.
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