Steve Benen and others airily dismiss the idea that there was bias in the closure of Republican vs Democrat dealerships, even though Car Czar Steven Rattner’s wife was a National Democratic Party Finance Chairwoman. Statistics that are available suggest that Chrysler auto dealers donated 76% Republican and 24% Democratic. So, rough estimating, JD puts the question: Comment by JD on 5/28 @ 11:45 am # |Edit This There is surely
May 28, 2009
May 28, 2009
You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet, Revisited [Dan Collins]
Being a reflection on my sadly predictable prescience: At the concert, headlined by Jennifer Hudson and Earth, Wind and Fire, Obama responded to an audience member yelling, “Yes we can” by saying, “Yes we have. But we’ve got more work to do. We can’t rest on our laurels. “We didn’t ask for the challenges that we face, but we don’t shrink from them either,” he said. “It won’t be easy.
May 28, 2009
Empathy and Obscurantism [Dan Collins; UPDATE x4]
To those who read this blog regularly, the connection between the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor and the lefty defense of Chrysler’s dealership closings will be readily apparent, so I apologize if I’m boring you. In a post below, I state that American citizens have the right to know on what basis Chrysler decided to maintain or cut a dealership. We have the right to know because our elected representatives have
May 28, 2009
That Flushing Sound You Hear [Dan Collins]
is the bond market. O’Reilly jumps the shark by blaming Hot Air for a comment left in a thread. Both stupid and deplorable. What I don’t understand is Allah Pundit’s question concerning how much blame Amanda Carpenter deserves for not calling O’Reilly on it. Chances are, Carpenter didn’t know it was a comment rather than a post–as unforgivable as that may be when it comes to Hot Air. At any
May 28, 2009
The Stats on Chrysler Dealership Closings [Dan Collins]
A couple of days ago, I asked for a statistician to analyze the data regarding the closings of Chrysler dealerships and the apparent relation to donations to Republicans. I’m not going to say that the following is rigorous, but it does at least give one a ballpark figure: This work builds upon the research done by numerous parties, most notably Joey Smith. It is a follow-up to my original post,