Romney on Auto Efficiency

Romney's been playing it safe with the Detroit Big Three. In a speech to the Detroit Economic Club he said that the nation's automotive fleet must become more fuel efficient. But he also said that government-mandated CAFE standards aren't the way to get there. So instead of changing the CAFE requirements, he proposed "evaluating the alternatives." Which are...? Unspecified to date.

Perhaps he's still listening to his former consultant, Trent Wisecup, who said in a recent Boston Globe article, "It's God, country, auto industry, party -- in that order."