United Auto Workers President Bob King. CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Addressing the Democratic National Convention Wednesday night, the head of the nation's leading auto workers union praised President Barack Obama and attacked GOP presidential nominee Mitt Romney for their respective stances on the 2008 bailout of the auto industry. Obama expanded the bailout of the auto industry that President George W. Bush started in late 2008, while Romney took a public stance against the federal intervention, penning an opinion piece for The New York Times that ran under the headline "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." Given the broad rebound of the American auto industry, the bailout issue is expected to give Obama a...
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