Cars and Candidates: GOP prospects stop by the Detroit Auto Show
by Alex Nunez on Jan 15th 2008 at 10:07AM 
Click image for a gallery of politicos at the Detroit Auto Show
Last night, on the eve of the Michigan presidential primary, the NAIAS show floor played host to some political VIPs on hand for photo ops with the Detroit automakers' new concept and production vehicles. Connecticut Senator Joe Lieberman, who's stumping for John McCain, stopped by Ford, as did Mitt Romney, who was apparently given a tour the new F-150 by the mulletted one himself, Mark Fields. Over at Chrysler, we snagged Mike Huckabee as he was given a rundown on its trio of EV concepts by Jim Press. John McCain also stopped by, but we didn't catch the Arizona senator out on the show floor. Naturally, green and alternative fuel technologies were of primary interest to the candidates, and Mike Huckabee even went so far as to don a green necktie for the occasion. As far as we know, none of the presidential hopefuls stopped by to check out the Bio Fuel Ferrari, though. Oh well. Their loss. The Wall Street Journal was part of the phalanx of reporters following the candidates around the show, and we've embedded a video of their coverage after the jump.
UPDATE: Check out this video at carlist.com of Sen. John McCain, who we missed at the show, and Sen. Joseph Lieberman at the 2008 NAIAS.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Little Lord Poopy-Pants 3:31PM (1/15/2008)
Well, at least Romney has an authentic reason to be there; his dad was President of AMC before becoming Governor of Michigan...
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MGBYG 3:55PM (1/15/2008)
The only authentic thing that robot has ever done.
The Gomer Pyle gaze on Mike "One son kills dogs, the other has a huge porn collection" Huckabee is priceless.
Blake 3:54PM (1/15/2008)
gtfo
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cowboy bob 4:29PM (1/15/2008)
What does that mean? Us old geezers don't understand code.
RLQ 1:29AM (1/16/2008)
Its all BS if you ask me.
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ryan 1:52PM (1/16/2008)
RON PAUL 2008 TO RESTORE AMERICA TO ITS FORMER GLORY GOOGLE HIM
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Blake 2:39PM (1/16/2008)
die.
Mi key 9:30PM (1/16/2008)
gtfo!
LoL!
Let's make 08 Romney's/ Rude's/ Freddie's McCain's 2000 race!
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