Egan Says GOP Hates "Cash for Clunkers" Because They Want Obama
to Fail  Former reporter Timothy Egan explains why some in the
GOP are opposed to "cash for clunkers": "They hate it, many of
these Republicans, because it's a huge hit. It's working as
planned, and this cannot stand. America must fail in order for
President Obama to fail."  In "ClunkerClass War," Timothy Egan's
Thursday's post at, the former Times reporter defended the Obama
administration's "cash for clunkers" program, whereby people can
trade in their old cars forvehicles with better gas mileage -
and get $4,500 of taxpayer money to boot. Egan attacked
Republicans who've criticized it as anti-free market as sore
losers.  Egan seemed pleasantly shocked to discover that if you
give away other people's money to buy cars, they'll take you up
on the offer.    But according to a barnacled cluster of
senators, this program must be sunk, now. It's been far too
successful - dealers have been swamped, people are lining up to
buy cars that burn less gas