they are bankrupt. if you give any one of these guys the keys to the white house, they will bankrupt the middle class again. >> the vice president focused specifically on the government's rescue of the auto industry. biden says that never would have happened if the president's opponents had their way. it saved a million jobs. >> governor romney was more direct. let detroit go bankrupt. newt gingrich said, quote, a mistake. but the guy i work with every day, the president, he didn't flinch. this is a man with steel in his spine. he made the tough call and the verdict is in. president obama was right and they were dead wrong. >> president obama himself, meanwhile in maryland yesterday, where he also went on the campaign attack.