Obama woos autoworkers

After criticizing Big 3 for months, he vows to help industry go green as he unveils economic plan.

JANESVILLE, Wis. -- Sen. Barack Obama took a significant step Wednesday to reassure manufacturing-minded Michigan Democrats, choosing General Motors Corp.'s oldest production plant to outline an economic agenda that includes aid to the auto industry.

The Democratic presidential hopeful's rhetoric Wednesday was a sharp contrast to the months of criticism he has leveled at the domestic automakers. It was delivered directly to a demographic group that has so far eluded his reach: blue-collar workers who, to a large extent, have sided with his rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. And while the message resonates in Michigan, it's also directed to voters in Wisconsin and Ohio -- auto manufacturing states with sizable delegate counts, whose primaries are coming up.

I am sure that Obama's actions will for sure help him in the campaign because this problem with autoworkers is serious. I am sure that will get more people on his side.