Afternoon Fix: Sara Palin in, Christine O’Donnell for Iowa tea party rally
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on September 1st, 2011 4:35 am by HL
Afternoon Fix: Sara Palin in, Christine O’Donnell for Iowa tea party rally
Sarah Palin is back on in Iowa and Christine O’Donnell has been disinvited (again), Allen West thinks Michele Bachmann made an “incredible faux pas,” and Jim DeMint has weighed in on Wisconsin.
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EARLIER ON THE FIX:
Solyndra solar company fails after getting controversial federal loan guarantees
A company that served as a showcase for the Obama administration’s effort to create jobs in clean technology shut down Wednesday, leaving 1,100 people out of work and taxpayers obligated for $535 million in federal loans.
Solyndra, a California solar panel maker, had long been an administration favorite. Over the past two years, President Obama and Energy Secretary Steven Chu each had made congratulatory visits to the company’s Silicon Valley headquarters.
Although Wednesday’s announcement came as a surprise, House Republicans and government auditors had questioned the wisdom of the administration’s loan guarantees to the company, backed by capital from billionaire Democratic fundraiser George Kaiser. In July, a House subcommittee subpoenaed White House documents related to the guarantee, and after Wednesday’s developments, Republican lawmakers vowed to continue investigating.
