I just watched the news, and it's all bad. G.M. is on the brink of bankrupcy, and the other two are very little better off. It's possible, that without government intervention all three may go under! Who could have imagined that a few years ago? Seventeen states are in deep debt and laying off staff like crazy. Retail sales are way down, and projected to go lower. This looks like a cosmic cluster [censored] to me.

So, what, if anything, should Bush do in the next 70 days? What should Obama do once he takes office. Any bright ideas? Can we try to have a discussion without any partisan sniping or blame game stuff?