The big three still have the potential to build great cars for competitive prices, but IT'S THE UNIONS, STUPID! that makes them so expensive and thereby unattractive to buyers. And since Obama is in bed with the leftist union bosses and gets their votes, he owes them, and therefore we must pay for their profligacy. Ain't fair, Charley.

But now Fiat wants to partner with Chrysler--not to get any of the financial largesse, of course, but to take advantage of the distribution network. Whatever.