Original post and article meant not as a comment on Obama, or Dick Cheney, or even the general economy, but merely on the relative position and promise of the Detroit automakers. It's true they haven't yet made a dent in unemployment, but all of a sudden there are signs from various quarters that Michigan seems to have better prospects. I just spent a month in Indonesia, during which time I saw a grand total of one American car. Nowhere to go but up. For the first time there's a consensus beyond Detroit, or at least the makings of one, that the vehicles coming from here are genuinely competitive and are being built at a reasonable cost.