Administration unwilling to see automakers fail
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081212/capt.0493796266a0437e9094a9712a83d502.meltdown_autos_mips117.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=VxD4NzqtId38hBEgF.PlYQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Pontiac G6 and Chevrolet Malibu's are shown at the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township, Mich., Friday, Dec. 12, 2008. Festering animosity between the United Auto Workers and southern Senators who torpedoed the auto industry bailout bill erupted into full-fledged name calling Friday as union officials accused the lawmakers of trying to break the union on behalf of foreign automakers. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081213/ap_on_go_pr_wh/meltdown_autos)AP - The Bush administration simply wasn't willing to stand by and watch the American auto industry financially collapse ? the stakes were too huge.</p><br clear="all"/>
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