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WATCH ANDERSON COOPER, MARK HALPERIN, AND THE NY TIMES BUSINESS EDITOR DISCUSS AN AUTO BAILOUT

Politically, the prospect of sending money the way of the Detroit three (General Motors, Ford, and…. Chrysler) is obvious but hyper-complicated. If something isn’t done soon, the potential for disaster – most definitively at GM – is grave. Different types of disasters could occur.

For auto watchers, it’s not news. We know that the “spin-off”, as they call it, is more of a tornado than a dust devil. Nonetheless, CNN’s Anderson Cooper along with a Time editor and New York Times business editor discuss the political side of the potential auto bailout in the video below.

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