HUGH HEWITT FOR THE G.M. BOARD? “As I’ve pointed out in earlier posts, the Obama administration is engaged in national industrial policy far more radical than ever before seen in the United States and, worse yet, with policymakers who seemingly know nothing about cars and, for the most part, don’t even own American cars. So I’d have to say Hugh really is better qualified than anybody Obama’s got making auto policy.”

Well, it’s consistent with the new policy — of which I heartily approve — of putting law professors in charge of practically everything . . . .