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Meet the GOP's wrecking crew

Why did a small group of Southern Republicans turn the auto bailout into a demolition derby? Introducing the senators who hate unions and love foreign cars.
By Alex Koppelman and Mike Madden

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  • Friday, December 12, 2008 07:34 PM

    Corker is an interesting case.

    I see him as more of a business republican in the old school mode. He would do this for business reasons and doesn't strike me as one of those southern senators who wallow in ideology.

    The others, while doing this for their states and seeing them as more important the good of the country, are also ones who are hard core ideologs.

    This will play well at home south of the mason dixon line but, it will destroy the party elsewhere.

    The republicans just solidified themselves as a regional party.

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