The Obama Administration is desperate for another couple of billion dollars added to the Cash-for-Clunkers coffer. Miners like North American Palladium (AMEX:PAL) want the money even more.

Palladium is looking like it might break out of its horizontal trading pattern and follow gold and silver prices higher. If this heappens, says Jeff Clark, then the biggest gains will come in the shares of North American Palladium (PAL) and Stillwater Mining (SWC) – North America’s two largest palladium-mining companies…

Palladium, the redheaded stepchild of the precious-metals market, looks ready to make a major move.