Go short soon before the next US election maybe?

But you're right in terms of, if they don't get bailed out it could bring pain to certain demographics that any side of politics doesn't want to get blamed for. It's hard to see either side making the difficult decision to inflict mid-term pain for, maybe, very long term gain. Not a concept voters will accept.

Need a consolidation auto-makers in the US to maybe rationalise things a bit?