Hmm. I know this will invoke the gbaji-esque hand-wringing of the Pubbies, but it seems Obama is skating on thin ice.
As a pinko-liberal, I'm not paranoid about 'Big Government'; indeed, the welfare state here in Britainland has provided education, social care and healthcare for me and mine. But when the PoTUS starts intervening directly in Management decisions, I do scratch me bonce and wonder what he's playing at.
I am, of course, talking about his personal removal of Rick Wagoner as Chairman and CEO of GM.
Now if Mr Wagoner is a inkompitunt ***** it's reasonable that US tax payers should question him running a corporation that has enjoyed bajillionms of their hard-earned dollars. But to do it as an executive decision sounds naive from a political perspective.
Why not establish a cross-party panel or task-force and mandate it to take such decisions. If Wagoner's unfit, a Dem/Pubby panel would find it out. Same end result. Less scope for the right to accuse him of personal interference.
Or is this an example of a noble politician who's prepared to take decsisions and not hide behind politics?
Seems iffy to me.