These two YouTubes ought to be watched in tandem. Together, they give a whole new meaning to the term “position of responsibility.”

Obama says he’s interested in fixing state secrets. I think he’s just trying to get ahead of a bus that is already moving.

The UAW was willing to negotiate, but the banksters weren’t. So Chrysler will now enter bankruptcy.

The Obama administration will announce at noon today that it will take Chrysler LLC into a historic bankruptcy to force a cut in debt key to a partnership with Fiat S.p.A. after three firms refused a sweetened offer.

With the UAW late Wednesday ratifying cost cuts in its contract and cuts in the money due its retiree

Condi channels Nixon to defend torture.

Did Bush “pixie dust” the EO on intelligence to allow for torture?

You and I are not the audience for Obama’s answer to this question. The audience for this answer is those who idolize Churchill, conservatives who place national security above all. The audience for this answer is a group of Republicans who can be persuaded on this point.

Ultimately, though, to the question “Did the Bush Administration sanction torture,” is, “Whatever legal rationales were used, it was a mistake.”

Pat Leahy has invited Jay Bybee to come clean before the SJC.

Glenn Thrush once again shows more interest in a stupid beltway dispute then the evidence of criminality.

Overall, I’d rank Obama’s treatment of the auto bailout with an A-.

Jay Bybee issues a legalistic statement that attempts to contest stories of his own doubts about the torture memos.