While the feds' restructuring plan assumes public ownership of the "new" GM, Obama's army isn't stupid enough to cling to the ship as it's sucked beneath the waves. Congress is—which is a scary thought. Either way, the clock is ticking, and it's a time bomb. Voters will not put up with this Motown mishegos forever. And the longer this process continues, the worse GM's chances of even pretending to be in a position to recover. Immediately after The General files, May's sales figures will emerge. And after that, June. And so on. Anyone who thinks that the GM sales chart's arrow won't point straight to hell is seriously deluded. Delusion is, of course, GM's strong suit. It suffuses the company's management. It blights its unions. It envelops its dealers. It infects its pet media. It even afflicts its customers. That's how General Motors got into this pickle. And that's how they're not going to get out.