A European Ally

GM purchases portion of its former auto-lending outfit
GM Ally Bank

General Motors (GM) last week started buying out Ally Bank’s auto lending operations in an effort to reverse months of lagging growth.

General Motors is Alive—For Now

Creditor lawsuit could undo auto bailout, force GM into bankruptcy, analysts say
GM logo

A backroom deal hatched by General Motors during the auto bailout to fulfill the Obama administration’s demand for a quick bankruptcy could be reversed, draining the automaker of nearly all of its cash on hand and leaving it in worse shape than it was when it collapsed in 2009.

Cadillac Presents: Liberal Talking Points Live

GM signs sponsorship deal, remains in debt to the taxpayers
GM CEO Daniel Akerson / AP

General Motors has moved in a decidedly more liberal direction since raking in a $50 billion government bailout from the Obama administration.

Fiat Built That

Obama Touts Success of European-owned Chrysler
Chrysler CEO, Sergio Marchionne / Wikimedia Commons

President Barack Obama is championing the profits of a European-owned carmaker as proof the auto bailout worked.

Obama’s Outsourcing Allies

The president has a history of associating with outsourcers
Jeffrey Immelt and Pres. Obama / AP

President Barack Obama recently called Mitt Romney an “outsourcing pioneer”—a title once bestowed on General Electric and its CEO Jeffrey Immelt, key Obama allies.