Just in case you doubt what stopping the automakers rescue was all about for the Republicans, this from “an e-mail circulated among Senate Republicans on Wednesday” as reported by the Los Angeles Times:
“Republicans should stand firm and take their first shot against organized labor, instead of taking their first blow from it.”
I wrote about this mess over at my place, in case anybody’s interested. Not only was it bad politically for Republican senators (the Big Three will get bailed out somehow, and now won’t have to make the concessions they were willing to make this week), but GOP also screwed themselves in the industrial Midwest electorally.
Avelino’s piece is good.