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Obama Meets With Top Automakers Amid Tension

Dem had criticized the Big Three, sat out Michigan's primary

By Jonas Oransky,  Newser Staff

Posted Jun 26, 2008 1:07 PM CDT

(Newser) – Barack Obama is meeting with two of the Big Three in encounters the Wall Street Journal says “could thaw festering tension” between the Dem and America’s automakers. A year after Obama criticized the companies for fighting fuel-economy standards and rewarding “failure with...   Read full story »

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