The catfood commission (aka Obama’s deficit commission) is dead. Well, it must be, right? After all, that great figure of Beltway-corporatism-posing-as-moderation, Bob Corker, has decreed that we shall pass no legislation during a post election lame duck session. Corker called on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.) and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (Nev.), the Democratic [...]

Last November, Bob Corker seemed pretty fond of bankruptcies for America’s automakers. But now that those bankruptcies will affect small business owners, he’s having second thoughts.

Bob Corker has been cynically lying. He has been claiming that if GM’s Spring Hill plant is closed in bankruptcy, it will be the result of politics. But Corker undoubtedly knows that, one of the few things used as collateral for any of GM’s secured debt, Spring Hill will be one of the first things to be liquidated.

Bob Corker’s wailing up a storm because Obama hasn’t busted the UAW yet. And then he’s wailing up a storm to keep his UAW GM plant in TN.

Bob Corker came to Detroit today to suck up some more press attention.

Cerberus appears to be seeking to capitalize on the woes of the auto industry to do two things: first help its Republican buddies break the UAW, and after doing so, pawn off its unwanted “investment” in Chrysler onto the same union. I’m not sure I understand all the steps in this process, yet, but here are three data points.

Cerberus Protects Client Retirees But Not Chrysler Retirees

Let’s start with Cerberus’ statement

Bob Corker and his Republican buddies are pissed that the President just implemented what amounts to their very own “compromise” auto relief bill. I guess we have yet further proof they were never negotiating in good faith.

It appears that the White House plans to do the same thing the Senate Republicans intended to do last week: put their anti-union ideology over any good faith efforts to do what makes sense for GM.

Say. Do you think Reid and Dodd noticed that Bob Corker–who they’re hailing as a gift to good faith negotiations–was not negotiating in good faith on Thursday night?

The NYT carries Bob Corker’s water in claiming that the UAW didn’t make adequate concessions to get a bill passed last night. But that’s as absurd a claim as suggesting that it’s the fault of your local car dealer for not making concessions.