Maybe Toyota will just walk away with a very light slap on the wrist
after all this? Toyota already sent out its employees to do the
talking in D.C. and PR firms are working full-throttle and without
brakes.

"Four governors from states with Toyota Motor Corp. plants spoke out
Wednesday in defense of the Japanese automaker and questioned the U.S.
government’s conflict of interest as a stakeholder in some of Toyota’s
rivals.

In a rare show of support for the embattled Toyota, the governors
wrote to congressional representatives who will lead hearings about
Toyota’s recalls and how it handled customer complaints."

From The Detroit News:
http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20100211/AUTO01/2110351/1148/auto0…