If the U.S. is concerned about the hundreds of thousands of jobs that will be lost if the Detroit Big Three go down with a whimper, then here's what they should do:

Divide up the 25billion+ bailout money to all the employees of these miserable companies, so they have a windfall they can rely on while seeking better employment.

I bet the money actually lasts longer that way. These people don't need jobs with those deadend companies. What would be more valuable would be to give them some time and opportunity to seek careers with more responsible and viable employers. Meanwhile it would inject some cash directly where it's more needed and ultimately more sustainable.

The current economic downturn was just the nail in the coffin on this one, these three companies have been mismanaged since the 80's, acting as if american cars were some sort of automatic tax on western culture. I just cannot believe that they'd change their corporate culture by tossing them another pile of money.

Let them sink. These aren't like the banks at all, it's inevitable. Let newer companies do the innovating.

I'm not a Libertarian. This isn't an argument in defence of pre-defined principles. It's just about my sense of smell and this one stinks.

Just on a purely math / statistical point of view and not involving any political banter, it looks like Barack Obama will win the U.S. Democratic nomination, barring some giant shift in the landscape. I'm pointing this out because it's largely ignored by the mainstream news, I suppose they're more interested in making it seem like a dragged out fight even if this conclusion is probable.

CNN has an easy delegate calculator chart that makes it fairly obvious, of the remaining delegates:

Clinton needs 62% to claim the nomination.

Obama needs 44% to claim the nomination.

Obama doesn't need to win states outright, he just needs to fall within that margin, including the remaining Superdelegates.

Clinton won today in Pennsylvania, but not by a wide enough margin to make a serious dent in the seats Obama has already won. By most accounts, it was her strongest state of those remaining and 55% just isn't enough. If she continued with exactly those numbers (which seems unlikely) she still wouldn't stop Obama from going over the top.

Politically of course, it's presumptuous to point this out.