The Big 3 are suffering due to their inability to produce quality products. Global climate change aside, wouldn't producing more fuel efficient vehicles satisfy another one of the Bush Administration's goals- decreasing our dependence on foreign oil by requiring less of it?

I would like to see the Big 3 revive their glory days, but the only real way to do that is to focus on exciting cars that get respectable fuel economy. Thinking that supermajorities would buy big SUVs was an awful business plan, as well as a slight against the traditional car buyers like myself that prefer coupes and sedans. Even their good small cars (like the Chevy Cobalt) aren't as efficient as they should be. This guy is quite alarmist, the shift to more efficiency might create jobs. I think the Big 3 should be allowed some "lead time", but the fact is by 2011 the Japanese/Koreans will be be building almost as many cars here as the Big 3. Detroit basically needs a 1957 Chevy that gets 35 miles to the gallon.