Senate Republicans were saying "Hey wait a minute! There is something in this legislation that we don't like" and Senate Majority Leader Reid (Democrat) said "We've danced this tune long enough," or in other words "I've already worked on this long enough to justify my salary, so just sign it!" Did Alan Mulally of Ford ever say "I've worked hard enough on restructuring this company to justify my salary, just build those Expeditions anyway?" No, he didn't.
Speaker of the House Pelosi (Democrat) can't believe Republicans aren't supporting a bi-partisan bill. Maybe she needs to go to www.dictionary.com and look up the word "bipartisan," because if one party isn't really supporting it, then it isn't really bipartisan.
Incompetence runs fully rampant on both sides of the aisle.
And these people think they can appoint a "Car Czar" to run GM better than Rick Wagoner?
O.k., O.k., I know, the Car Czar isn't really going to "run" the car companies that take loans, they are just going to "make sure sufficient progress is made" so the company can pay back the loan. I would still rather trust Rick Wagoner to appoint a "Congress Czar" to oversee progress in balancing the federal budget.
What does this have to do with my usual rantings about how we over-benchmark Toyota? Simple. We often benchmark other companies to see things they do right, so we know what TO do. Maybe we should benchmark the US Congress and Presidency so we know what NOT TO do.