Hybrid car sales skyrocketing, GOP slow to catch on

If there were any doubts about just how clueless the GOP-led Congress really was, this story about hybrids tells the story. There has been little more than token support so far for anything that doesn't mean pumping oil and windfall profits for the petroleum industry yet consumers (as in "let the market decided) have been buying up up the new hybrids with new sales up 81%. And the new energy bill rammed through Congress? You must be joking if you think there's anything beyond more token support in the future as well.

In an industry that is being crushed at the moment by profits falling off of a cliff, hybrids are one of the few exceptions but the GOP thinks they're just for tree hugging wimps. Ford has been a late arrival and the Japanese are cranking out quality products and leading the market in sales. The market is deciding, but where's the GOP? They're too busy worrying about someone's sex life, no doubt.