Some are saying, Michelle Obama is filling a role that Barack Obama seems less inclined to fill: serving as a kind of bridge from the White House to black America in much the same way that she functioned during the campaign.
Their efforts in Congress squashed, U.S. automakers are depending upon a reluctant White House to quickly provide a multibillion lifeline to help them avoid imminent collapse.
A government “car czar” with the power to force U.S. automakers into bankruptcy would dole out $15 billion in emergency loans to the failing industry under an emerging deal between the White House and congressional Democrats.
