The Economist seems to retroactively approve of the GM bail out.

General Motors: Government Motors no more | The Economist:

Saving GM was a harder call, but, with the benefit of hindsight, the right one. The lesson for governments is that for a bail-out to work, it must be brutal and temporary. The lesson for American voters is that their president, for all his flaws, has no desire to own the commanding heights of industry. A gambler, yes. An interventionist, yes. A socialist, no.

Suggesting Obama is owed an apology may be hard for their readership to swallow though. Right wing backlash in 3 ... 2 ... 1 ...