Preying on desperation

The Family Research Council has a novel theory on why Mitt Romney won Michigan's primary Tuesday, he's the economic leg of the conservative tripod. They even have a colorful analogy to illustrate Romney's position on government spending.

[T]he government is run with all the efficiency of a barroom brawl where the sailors are bad enough but it's actually the drunken captains doing the damage, and someone with business acumen has to clean it up.

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Somehow, someway, President Romney will revitalize the American car industry and restore Michigan's mightiness. Via Salon:

"I hear people say, 'It's gone, those jobs are gone, transportation's gone, it's not coming back,'" he said. "I'm going to fight for every single job. I'm going to rebuild the industry. I'm going to take burdens off the back of the auto industry."

Mitt may be fighting the proverbial last war here. There's a reason the Detroit Auto Show is now known as the North American International Auto Show: The U.S. auto industry is already a composite of U.S.- and foreign-owned companies. By last year, foreign car manufacturers accounted for nearly half of all U.S. auto sales.