Jed Babbin:
President Bush is now as bankrupt politically as GM is financially. He spent the last week lobbying Senate Republicans to bail out GM, Chrysler and Ford and succeeded only in alienating the people he needed most.
Among the senators and Republican staff I spoke to, none agreed with the president and most resented the White House’s strong-arm tactics.
As to Bob Shrum’s advice to Republicans, my own personal response was inspired by Rod Blagojevich. A bailout is a . . . valuable thing.
