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Originally Posted by DGthe3
I'll try to restate that with a response to PQ
Talk more about the what, instead of the who or why.
A group is being formed for oversight of the auto industry. The political leanings of the president (and your opinion of said leaning) have little to do with that fact. Similarly, slippery slop/snowballed 'and eventually we will be . . . ' scenarios are based upon political opinion and have minimal relevance to the topic at hand.
clear as mud?
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090215/...wh/obama_autos
Another complication is that Obama has not yet appointed an overseer of the plans — a so-called "auto czar" — and many industry officials have said the lack of an administration point-person has slowed the discussions. Steven Rattner, a private equity investor, and Stephen Girsky, a veteran auto industry analyst, have been mentioned as leading contenders to be part of an Obama auto team.
Let's see who Obama has in mind to be the auto czar.. Steven Rattner
Rattner started his career as a reporter with the New York Times, first at the Washington bureau, where he became close friends with Times owner Arthur Sulzberger, who also was at the time working as a reporter, and then at the London bureau. Subsequently, he quit journalism and joined Morgan Stanley, where he founded their Communications Group. In 1989 he joined Lazard as a General Partner; he founded their Media and Communications Group and became their deputy chairman and deputy CEO before leaving to found Quadrangle in 2000.
He is married to Maureen White, the National Finance Chair for the Democratic Party. He has four children.
So he is a former New York Times reporter and he is married to a big wig in the Democratic party.
To read about the next candidate, this is a good article below.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/bai...would-be-czar/
All we have are our voices and not much else at this point in time. And based on the short history of how bipartisan the stimulus package was, I am not keeping my hope up that it will change.