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...read your recent article about General Motors' Chevrolet Volt with disbelief [Sept. 29]. There was no acknowledgment that four companies--Aptera, Miles Electric Vehicles, Tesla and Think--plan on bringing fully electric vehicles to the U.S. marketplace before GM does. In the future, perhaps you could research a little deeper! Alexander Fox, CHARLESTON...
...want to face a populist backlash alone. Revulsion at a Wall Street bailout has crossed ideological lines, with liberals as disgusted by handouts to irresponsible bankers as conservatives are by a socialist solution to capitalist problems. On the Hill, constituent phone calls ran 100 to 1 against the Paulson plan, and most vulnerable incumbents in both parties voted against it despite all the doom-and-gloom warnings about the devastating consequences. It's times like these that call for presidential leadership, and Bush no longer has many followers, which is why his spokesmen are so busy counseling against finger-pointing...
Part of the problem was the lousy job Bush and Paulson did selling their plan to relieve banks of their toxic loans. They failed to brand it as an economic recovery plan instead of a bailout, a surprising mistake for an Administration renowned for giving initiatives perfumed names like Healthy Forests and Clear Skies. They began by demanding almost Napoleonic levels of authority, although they later compromised on that. They released the $700 billion figure without making it clear that the Treasury can eventually get most of the money back or even turn a profit if the economy rebounds...
...that message begins to get through over the next few weeks, this low point in finance and politics could be a starting point for national renewal. The plan's supporters hope that a swift injection of capital into the financial system will help Wall Street start over so it can once again lubricate the wheels of the national economy. And come November, Washington will get its own chance to start over...
...coal" and tied the issue to the economy. "For Coloradans, coal means thousands of jobs. Economic growth. More affordable electricity," intones the announcer. "But Obama-Biden and their liberal allies oppose clean coal." (Joe Biden was critical of coal plants at a Colorado campaign event, but Obama's energy plan does include clean coal...