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Romney Wants Credit for Auto Success

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Says Obama took his advice.

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Instead of hoping America, and particularly the home of the American auto industry, will forget that he once urged the U.S. government to “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt,” Mitt Romney is actually trying to claim “a lot of credit” for the recovery of the country’s biggest car manufacturers. “I pushed the idea of a managed bankruptcy, and finally when that was done, and help was given, the companies got back on their feet,” Romney said on a Cleveland TV station. “So, I’ll take a lot of credit for the fact that this industry has come back.”

Read it at Associated Press