Michael Steele, on the government's GM deal: "This is a very sad day for the autoworkers and their families whose financial well-being will be directly affected by this clear act of an overreaching UAW and overbearing government."
I don't think they'll be sad. Well, the ones that are going to lose their jobs will be sad, but many more will keep their jobs, and they'll probably be very happy that they can do so.
I understand the conservative argument against things like this: that government intervention impairs the optimal functioning of the free market system and that deals like this prevent a stronger, more efficient economy from taking hold. Fine. Let them make that argument, instead of trying to reduce every single issue to another right-populist jab. Then again, after running all the intellectuals out of the party, all Republicans can do is find faux-populist arguments for what they want to do. And Michael Steele can't even do that.
