> The first thing that jumps out is that it is impossible to avoid the absurd juxtaposition of a republican led major national corporate stake, after a decade of the auto bailouts being used as a poster child of policy that the current party in charge doesn't agree with.

The only absurd here is to think republicans care about anything other than power . Doesn't matter what they did or said yesterday, what matters is what can they say and do today to remain in power and enable their deep pocketed donors to make more money and gain more power.

People really have to stop thinking there's anything there, there's nothing, its all about acquiring and using power. Trying to come up with ideological reasons as to why they do this or that is useless.

>The only absurd here is to think republicans care about anything other than power . Doesn't matter what they did or said yesterday

Right, but it's an absurd juxtaposition when taken at face value none the less. I agree with what you said, but my point was more about other possible structures for the deal rather than political conclusions. I was attempting to brush aside the political considerations and take a somewhat tabula rasa approach, not spur a partisan political conversation, which clearly I failed at by mentioning the absurdity in messaging.

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