In an early exchange on the economy and jobs during Tuesday night's debate, Mitt Romney tried to explain what's generally been a liability throughout his presidential campaign: his stance on the auto bailout.
President Barack Obama extended the auto bailout begun under President George W. Bush in 2008, and the relative rebound of the auto industry has been one of the president's greatest strengths in manufacturing-heavy midwestern states like Michigan and Ohio.
Even though Romney penned a now-infamous op-ed in The New York Times entitled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," he essentially argued in the debate that he had the same position as Obama on the bailout. "
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