http://tags.jalopnik.com/assets/base/img/thumbs140x140/jalopnik.com.png http://jalopnik.com/tag/chrismatthews http://jalopnik.com/tag/chrismatthews We wonder if the automakers wouldn't have such a hard time getting help, wouldn't be on the receiving end of an ultimatum, if they weren't such morons when it comes to presenting their case. All that being said, sometimes we wonder if the media isn't making them seem worse than they are. For example, Chris Matthews attmepts to go to a video of the Detroit CEOs testifying and that's not quite what they showed. You have to see it to believe it. [MSNBC]

]]> http://jalopnik.com/index.php?op=postcommentfeed&postId=5096218&view=rss&microfeed=true Robert Reich, America's shortest Secretary of Labor, was on Hardball last night discussing the incoming Obama administration's economic package and plans to Save GM when he fumbled a question from Chris Matthews about the auto industry. The question? Name a domestic, fuel-efficient car you'd like to own. It's a sad state of affairs when someone as truly bright as Reich is either unable to give a straight answer to that question or is completely clueless about which cars are and are not American. He eventually, and hilariously, confesses to owning a Mini Cooper. Matthews then goes on to talk about the "Ford Volt" in perhaps a subtle attempt to point out the automakers haven't made the best case for themselves. [MSNBC]

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