OK, don't say you didn't see this coming, that you are surprised. After Congress castigated Detroit auto executives for flying on private company planes to Washington to testify before Congress about their need for taxpayer money--and getting it--Congress seems to think they own the auto manufacturers. Writing in the Detroit Free Press Jewel Gopwani reports so many federal officials want to attend the Detroit auto show that organizers have, for the first time, created a new credential specifically for those in government.Requests for passes to the show are pouring in from members of Congress, the Department of Transportation and other agencies, Doug Fox, chairman of the 2010 North American International Auto Show, said today. And not only will these politicians get in freeWhen the show opens to the press, analysts and politicians Jan. 11, about twice as many federal officials are expected to be in attendance, wearing the new gray and silver passes. The Detroit auto show opens to...(Read Full Post)