And although the automaker has lost some market share this year, that was not unexpected since the Japanese automakers were expected to rebound strongly on higher production after they were hurt badly last year due to the tragic tsunami which impacted their production and supply chain.
The expectation is that, because Vermont is such a strongly Democratic state, leaving the Republican Party probably won't hurt him all that much back in his home state--at least that's what most people familiar with Vermont politics believe, including, by the way Representative Bernie Sanders, who is Vermont's independent member of the House of Represenatives.