Longtime Ohio GOP strategist: Obama's advantage on the auto bailout "a kick in the balls" for Mitt

[kpete]

Labor organizations are leaving thousands of bailout-themed doorknob hangers and making phone calls to union members highlighting Obama's support for the auto industry.

According to The Washington Post poll, 64% of Ohio registered voters view the federal loans to GM and Chrysler as "mostly good" for the state's economy. Only 29% said the bailout was "mostly bad."

Putting a finer point on the matter, one longtime Ohio GOP strategist called Obama's advantage on the auto bailout "a kick in the balls" for the Romney campaign.

http://www.cnn.com/2012/09/26/politics/romney-ohio/index.html

[tridim]

1. A kick in the balls, or just doing the right thing for his country.

Obama didn't save the auto industry for political gain.

[denverbill]

2. I don't know why it matters. Can't Romney just claim it was him that saved the auto companies?

That's pretty much SOP. If the truth doesn't look good, make shit up and some people will believe it.

[Doctor_J]

4. I think he already claimed that

but the "Let Detroit fail" video put a brake on that particular whopper.

[Kolesar]

3. Ohio was totally fucked during the Bush/Voino/Taft years--we lost jobs

We never recovered, automobile factories were closing en masse. The difference between now and the last decade is stunning.

Houses are actually selling and unemployment is ~7.2%.