And that paid off, and it paid off in Lordstown, and it paid off in Toledo.

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It paid off in Lordstown, where GM is investing hundreds of millions of dollars in their auto plant.

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Yesterday, we learned they're hiring 1, 200 more workers in their Lordstown, Ohio plant.

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Make no mistake, Bluhm said: GM remains committed to building a Cruze diesel in Lordstown beginning sometime next year.

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And so when GM said a while ago that it planned an announcement about production plans for Lordstown, speculation built that the company finally might commit to output details for a diesel version of Cruze.

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Though limousines are their rides of necessity, either candidate would certainly be able to connect with voters in traditional auto-driven towns like Lordstown, Ohio or Kenosha, Wisconsin by pulling up to the podium in some genuine Detroit iron.

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Responsibility for retiree health care was shifted to a union trust fund, and if and when carmakers start hiring again, they'll pay a much lower starting wage. gm says its new compact, the Chevrolet Cruze, will be built profitably in Lordstown, Ohio, starting in late 2010.

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Instead, GM is paying back its debts, turned a profit for the first time in three years, and a third shift is about to come back to work in Lordstown, putting that plant at maximum capacity. (Applause.) Right next door. (Applause.) And by the way, it was in part because of the decisions that these three guys made in Congress.

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