This week’s National Journal Poll of political bloggers asked “Do you agree with President Obama’s decision to take General Motors to bankruptcy court?” One hundred percent of the Left, and 54% of the Right said “yes.”
I was in the majority, albeit with a qualification: “Even better would have been bankruptcy according to established legal rules, rather than the Peron-style expropriation of money from the senior bondholders for the benefit of the UAW.”
Question 2 was “Regarding the Supreme Court nomination of Sonia Sotomayor, what will be the political impact on your party?” On the Left, 94% thought it would help their party, and on the Right, 67% thought it would hurt their party.
My answer was idiosyncratic. Although it’s listed under “minor harm,” I had voted for “minor help.” I explained: “As a Democrat, I think it will help the party by mollifying some of the Hispanics who will be upset by Obama’s inability to pass an amnesty program for illegal aliens. The nomination may also benefit Republicans, if Republican senators raise serious objections about some of Sotomayor’s unpopular and legally weak decisions, such as Ricci, Maloney and Village of Port Chester.”