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Dealergate - an update

I had written about the Dealergate issue before. A large number of the Chrysler dealerships that are being closed by the US Government were ones that had made political contributions to the Republicans. There is only one dealer being closed who contributed to Obama and that was just a $200 contribution. Michelle Malkin has more on the story with a bunch of links to data:

Crunching the numbers: Dealergate & cronyism continued
The statistical gurus at financial blog Zero Hedge have taken a hard, long look at the question of Dealergate and cronyism. They�ve made their preliminary findings available here. Using regression analysis, they tackled the relationship between dealership survival and Clinton donor status - and found a significant correlation.

Go and read -- it is fascinating. It will be interesting to see what kind of spin the White House will put on this as a story of this magnetude will not remain on the fringes for long... Posted by DaveH at May 31, 2009 3:42 PM