Remember Obama’s speech in Detroit? Where he slammed the U.S. auto industry, in a speech to an audience made up mostly of people who work in the U.S. auto industry?

For years, while foreign competitors were investing in more fuel-efficient technology for their vehicles, American automakers were spending their time investing in bigger, faster cars. And whenever an attempt was made to raise our fuel efficiency standards, the auto companies would lobby furiously against it, spending millions to prevent the very reform that could’ve saved their industry. Even as they’ve shed thousands of jobs and billions in profits over the last few years, they’ve continued to reward failure with lucrative bonuses for CEOs.

Well, hot on the heels of the Democratic Congress giving President Bush the wiretapping authority he requested (I’ll give you a moment to wipe the tears of laughter from your eyes), Nancy Pelosi has bowed to a request from auto-friendly legislators like Democratic Congressman John Dingell to postpone a vote on increasing CAFE standards.

Kos is not taking the news well:

I give up on Detroit and I give up on Congress to do the right thing on gas milage.

I smell a huge rallying cry for a Democratic candidate not interested in winning Michigan: “I, Too, Give Up on Detroit!”