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Originally Posted by Robbie
But Romney didn't write that headline.
That's common knowledge.
The editor of The New York Times wrote the headline to try and grab attention. Romney NEVER said that. And his editorial piece is actually a very well thought out way to save Detroit that Obama ended up doing (minus the bailout)
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I was waiting for someone to pipe in to say he never said that. You're right, he didn't say that in the op-ed, he just said it later on TV.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/...t-go-bankrupt/
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Obama referred to fact that Mitt Romney wanted Detroit to go “bankrupt.”
This statement is drawn from a headline — “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” — on an opinion article written by Romney for The New York Times. But he did not say that in the article. (He repeated the line, however, on television.)
Although “bankrupt” often conjures up images of liquidation, Romney called for a “managed bankruptcy.” This is a process in which the company uses the bankruptcy code to discharge its debts, but emerges from the process a leaner, less leveraged company.
Ultimately, along with getting nearly $80 billion in loans and other assistance from the Bush and Obama administrations, GM and Chrysler did go through a managed bankruptcy. But many independent analysts have concluded that taking the approach recommended by Romney would not have worked in 2008, simply because the credit markets were so frozen that a bankruptcy was not a viable option at the time.
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