Mitt Romney actually said...

"Throwing money at the auto industry is not going to help it long term. If you just write a check that you're going to see these companies go out of business ultimately, what you can't do is just send ..."

"And we better fix Michigan and get Michigan on track. And anybody who comes in here, Republican or Democrat, and says they want to help Michigan say, where have you been?"

"could Mitt Romney lose the state he actually grew up in and is he losing his lead nationwide?"

"I fought against long odds in a deep blue state, but I was a severely conservative Republican governor."