Barack Obama: Stepping up to make us PROUD?

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Originally, Obama had supported the auto bailouts and promised he'd do it in Jan if Bush doesn't. Perhaps he has rethought that position, and perhaps he was as much put off as we were by the way the Big 3 showed up in DC on their 3 private jets, and not even offering a semblance of a business plan, but just asking for 25 billion MORE to get them thru the next several months, no changes, no plans, nothing to prevent the problem from worsening or from recurring. Today, his camp is suggesting that sending them to bankruptcy court is not at all out of the question (Nancy Pelosi had stated it was NOT an option). He seems to be indicating that he'd like to see a preworked plan for bankruptcy. Where they would go to bankruptcy court with a worked out restructuring plan, that Congress and/or the White House will assist with. That would force the restructuring that is needed, force the cooperation from the Unions and others, and yet the restructuring can be done in the least damaging, most helpful way if it is decided before going to court. At this point, it's just talk, but it does seem that Obama may be listening to the people somewhat -- hooray. It wasn't clear at this point, but I think they would still get money from the government but there would be a ton more oversight and guarantees that they won't go under in 5 months.