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Any rescue for Detroit car makers appears to be stalled.
The Bush administration and Republican lawmakers say they oppose using the $700 billion financial industry rescue fund to help the auto industry. Today, even Democrats seemed less than sympathetic.
"Their discomfort in coming to Congress with hat in hand is only exceeded by the fact that they are seeking treatment for wounds that I believe, to a large extent, are self-inflicted. No one can say they didn't see this coming," said Democratic Sen. Christopher Dodd, who is also chairman of the Banking Committee.
Still, Dodd says if the automakers collapsed, hundreds of thousands of people would lose their jobs.
Some of those jobs lost would be in Utah. Today John Garff, CEO of the Ken Garff automotive group, joined us in Talking Point to discuss the impact the auto crisis is having on local dealers.
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