If Republicans are stupid enough to actually back this so-called bailout for the auto industry, they are gonna get the same thing that happened to McCain when he backed that $700 billion bailout, which is a a big loss in the 2010 elections.
It simply doesn't make any sense to waste even more tax payer money on fundamentally screwed up firms. Let them be allowed to fail. Those crippling union contracts can be dumped, and out of the ashes will rise better stronger US auto companies.
Japanese companies like Toyota and Honda have no problem making great cars in this country and making a nice profit to boot, mostly in the south, out of the clutches of the rancid unions.
GM is burning through 5 billion a month...how long would 1/3 of 25 billion last?