Bipartisan group of Dems and Repubs reportedly wants to gut fuel-efficiency program to help bail out auto industry

Gee, the "bipartisan" proposal to cut the fuel efficiency program came from a group of "auto-state senators" - anybody surprised?

Why don't we just cut AIDS research, LIHEAP, and incubators for premies while we're at it? Are you people insane?

Aides to a bipartisan group of auto-state senators say they have reached a compromise to speed emergency loans to Detroit's Big Three car makers.

Republicans and Democrats plan to present the proposal at a mid-afternoon news conference Thursday. But it was not immediately clear whether the compromise plan could draw enough support to get through a reluctant Senate.

It temporarily would divert to troubled automakers money from a program that currently finances the development of fuel-efficient vehicles. The aim would be to cover their immediate expenses.

Temporarily my ass. Why don't we temporarily cut corporate welfare? Why don't the auto execs temporarily stop flying on their ridiculously expensive corporate jets all over the country? The spirit of Dinosaur Dingell lives on.