ROMNEY Turns Auto Bailout Theme Against Obama – WSJ
By MB Snow at October 28, 2012 | 2:50 pm | Print
By Joseph B. White –
A new television ad from Mitt Romney’s campaign shows how much the presidential election in Ohio is still turning on the battle to shape voter opinion of the Obama administration’s auto bailout. It has also revived a campaign debate over plans by Chrysler Corp.’s Jeep unit to build cars in China.
The new ad, which aired over the weekend in Ohio, challenges President Barack Obama’s effort to take credit for saving U.S. auto jobs with his government-backed rescues of General Motors Co. and Chrysler.
The ad aired as a new poll for Ohio newspapers suggested that the race for Ohio’s 18 electoral votes is a dead heat.
The new Romney ad, which features nostalgic images of people enjoying rides in their cars, and then autos getting crushed at a junkyard, states that Mr. Obama “took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy, and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China.” (You can see it here.)
The ad draws on the fact that Chrysler and its Italian parent Fiat S.p.A, are in talks to build a Jeep assembly plant in China to serve growing demand for Jeep models there.
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