Mitt Romney’s opposition to the auto bailout has
haunted him on the campaign trail, especially in Rust Belt states like Ohio.
There, in September, the Obama campaign launched television ads blasting
Romney’s November 2008New York Times op-ed, “Let Detroit Go
Bankrupt.” But Romney has done a good job of concealing, until now, the fact
that he and his wife, Ann, personally gained at least $15.3 million from the
bailout—and a few of Romney’s most important Wall Street donors made more than
$4 billion. Their gains, and the Romneys’, were astronomical—more than 3,000
percent on their investment.
