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Check out this exchange between reporters and White House spokeswoman Dana Perino this morning after Perino announced that the White House “will consider” using funds from the Wall Street bailout to help Detroit:

Now it’s the Bush administration’s time to cave. In a statement issued this morning, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the Treasury Dept. “will consider” using a portion of the $700 billion Wall Street bailout cash to help the struggling automakers. From the statement, via The New York Times:

It needs no mention that the current White House has been among the most unilateral-minded administration’s in the country’s history. Indeed, President George W. Bush has bucked Congress on a long list of high-profile legislative proposals — everything from the farm bill to SCHIP — while also asserting his right to ignore certain laws already [...]

Even as the nation’s economic news seems to darken each day, the White House and congressional Democrats remain at odds over proposals designed to reverse the trend.

As the Wall Street bailout program morphs from one helping banks to one benefiting insurers and (perhaps) automakers, the Bush administration is having a hard time explaining what rules are dictating the process — and where it’ll draw lines of eligibility.
It’s an unlikely spot for a conservative White House that once lived and died railing [...]

Contrary to last week’s SNL skit, it appears that President George W. Bush is acutely aware that he’s poison to the Republican brand. The proof?
Instead of hitting the campaign trail this weekend, Bush plans to hole up at Camp David, White House spokeswoman Dana Perino confirmed yesterday. Asked by a reporter why, Perino barely even [...]