of the allentown metal works which is a steel plant that was struggling in january. when president obama visited there back in 2009, he used that as an example of what the stimulus dollars would do for the economy saving the steel plant. as you can see from the gated up fence out front, not quite. no, that s an important symbol although the white house fires back that this particular steel company was already struggling at the time, well, then why did the president go there and use this as a symbol of hope? of what the stimulus could save? because, in fact, it did anything but and mitt romney, of course, rolled an attack ad out regarding this very closed steel factory. good to be back in pennsylvania. just came from allentown metal works where i had a chance to visit with workers there. the allentown metalworks is set to close its doors on friday. it was hailed as a symbol of hope by president barack obama last year when he promoted his