MORNING READ
The tentative $15 billion plan amounts to nationalization of the U.S. auto industry, the Drudge Report alleges in its lead headline, noting that the government could end up acquiring stakes in the automakers. The plan probably won’t give the Big Three enough time to recover, Steve Parker writes at The Huffington Post, raising concerns that stakes in the Big Three might not be worth much to taxpayers.
Zell ran the Tribune Company into the ground, Josh Marshall alleges at TalkingPointsMemo, agreeing with a scathing review of Zell’s company leadership by The Washington Post‘s Harold Meyerson. Zell’s financing put the onus of the company’s stuggles on its employees, Atrios writes at Eschaton, sarcastically praising Zell’s “innovation.”
And the decision by Minnesota’s canvassing board to stop searching for 133 missing ballots has bloggers speculating at what Sen. Norm Coleman (R-Minn.) and Democrat Al Franken will ultimately do about it. Franken could push for the ballots to be counted according to their Nov. 4 tallies, Power Line’s John Hinderaker suggests, while MyDD’s Todd Beeton says Coleman will likely sue if the board decides to do so.
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OTHER NEWS SOURCES:
Democrats Propose $15 Billion Loan for Big Three – Washington Post
Washington Takes Risks with Its Auto Bailout Plan – NY Times
Tribune Files for Bankruptcy – Reuters