Obama is claiming it a victory while Romney is, unsurprisingly, calling it an indication of failure.

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If a Senate Banking Committee on the matter Thursday was any indication, the failure of America's automakers poses such a danger to the economy that lawmakers seem less focused at this point on whether they'll give the automakers a bailout, and more so on how they'll do it.

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"Gusset plates have been around a long time, and they've been a reliable feature, and we have no indication that they've ever been part of a suspect bridge problem or a bridge failure before, " Capka said.

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