By David Shepardson Detroit News Washington Bureau Comments Boston â€" Mitt Romney, the Detroit native and son of an auto executive, may have doomed his quest for the White House when he penned a 2008 essay opposing a U.S. auto bailout. It was first of a series of setbacks on autos that dogged the Romney campaign, which became a centerpiece of President Barack Obama's re-election effort. In the battle for Ohio, exit polls showed 59 percent favored the auto bailout and 36 percent opposed it. Of those in favor, 75 percent voted for Obama. In a Nov. 18, 2008, opinion piece for The New York Times titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt," Romney opposed aid for General Motors Corp. and Chrysler LLC and...
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