The presidential election seems to come down to Ohio and the vote in Ohio is likely to come down to one issue : the auto bailout. With one out of eight workers employed in the auto industry, it is hardly surprising that this is the most important issue in Ohio. And this issue seems to scream "Vote Obama". With an unemployment of "only" 7%, Ohio is doing better than the US average and this is generally attributed to President Obama's auto bailout. Doesn't this prove that Obama's industrial policy work? By contrast, governor Romney is portrayed as the guy who would have left the industry die. After all in December 2008 Romney wrote an op ed in the New York Times titled "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt". Isn't this the ultimate proof that the auto industry would have done much worse had Romney been president?
