It always surprises me that states that argue the most for anti-government involvement in business affairs (the Red or Conservative states) are the first to decry a company that is espousing their ideals. There's too much money involved with Cars and Constituents and other things that our 'elected leaders' care about.
Tesla's model is, as far as I understand, direct and open competition with their fellow automobile salespeople/dealerships. Tesla is doing everything right (that we know) and should be allowed to do direct business with consumers of their products.
In the US, its hard because we have a hard time seeing the 'middleman' in our transactions, whether it be at the shopping mall buying clothes or at teh convenience store buying a squishee. Conservatives are mostly arguling against something they believe in, or at least at face value. If they truly want free business unregulated by law, they should allow Tesla to continue to operate as it is.
Unfortunately the politcal situation in the United States is laughable at best. The outcome is likely to be that many states (a few have already) ban Tesla from selling cars in their state. Sad Day.
Anyone wanna have a drink? We're fucked.