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The House of Representatives was getting ready to approve a $14bn federal loan to Detroit's trio of automobile makers as the nightly news went on the air. However the news for the shrinking Big Three on Capitol Hill was not rosy. "There is a looming showdown over the bill in the Senate and the outcome is anything but certain," warned ABC's Jonathan Karl (no link). CBS filed a couple of reports. Bob Orr told us that Vice President Dick Cheney and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten both traveled to Capitol Hill to try to twist Republican arms "but we are told they did not have much luck." Anthony Mason visited Consumer Reports' car testing track in Connecticut to find out whether Detroit's products deserve to succeed. Despite recent gains in quality, the magazine still ranks only three Detroit models among the best 27 on the market—two Corvettes and a Cadillac. "Detroit desperately needs an overnight sensation. The industry, which must sell 15m autos a year to be profitable, is on pace to sell only 11m."
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