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Romney’s GOP presidential hopes in Michigan could hang on finessing opposition to auto bailout

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LIVONIA, Mich. — Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney is defending himself in Michigan against questions over why he opposed a federal bailout of General Motors and Chrysler two years ago.

Romney told a diner at the Senate Coney Island restaurant Thursday morning that the automakers should have gone through a private bankruptcy without the federal aid.

The businessman and former Massachusetts governor says he believes “in the process of law” rather than bailouts.