So I guess if you got a job and the predecessor left it a mess, after 4 1/2 months, you should be fired if you hadn't completely cleaned it up. I am upset about the way things have been going but I am reserving my judgement until a little later.
I am pissed over the GM fiasco but his work with the Middle East shoud be commended, especially if it brings our boys home in the near future. There is still a lot to be seen.
+1 on the Middle East, and the efforts to keep the U.S. auto industry afloat shouldn't be confused with an effort to permanently have the government own it. The government has no interest in being in the automotive business, and plans to sell the stock as soon as the company is fully viable. That's not socialism, it's aid to a company that needs it critically. There are many people out of work because of the slimming down of GM, but it's only the tip of a disastrous iceberg compared the company collapsing. Many people don't agree that we should be helping GM, but Presidents Bush and Obama agree that we should, and there's not much those two agree on.