• What's this whole Democratic "Clampett" invasion mean for US automakers? Chancellor Dan thinks he knows. Waking up in a pool of cheap champagne bottles on the floor of a room at the RenCen hotel, we found out the husband of GM's governmental affairs director's about to chair a committee in the US House. It truly is morning in America. [Detroit News]
• Yeah, the CT's dead. Long live the Pacifica. [Freep]
• I could say ToMoCo has a fever for lower health care costs, but with those on-site clinics, they actually don't. [Detroit News]
• Ah, hydrogen mio! [AutoBlogGreen]
• Mmm...Szechwan and burning rubber. Yummy SEMA. [NYT]