Romney, McCain Tussle Over Michigan Jobs
YPSILANTI, MICH. -- At an unscheduled press conference in front of a General Motors factory where 200 employees were recently laid off, Romney said that he wasn't there to criticize GM for making a necessary business decision but that he was tired of Washington not doing enough for the domestic automobile industry.
"You hear some say that these are jobs that are just going away and we better get used to it, but where does it stop?" Romney asked. "Is there a point at which someone says you know that's enough? Or are we gonna let the entire automobile industry — domestic manufacturer automotive industry — disappear and just say, 'Well that was tough, that's just the way it is.' That's not what I believe."
As he has stumped around Michigan, Romney has been criticizing John McCain for saying that some lost automobile industry jobs are not going to come back to Michigan.
Today the Arizona senator's campaign fired back at Romney.
"Gov. Romney's attacks are cynical, pandering and misleading," Crystal Benton, a McCain spokesperson, told CBS News. "No Michigan worker believes that all of the lost jobs are coming back to the state. John McCain will tell Michigan voters the truth and offer real solutions to the state's economic problems."