http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/bu...e.html?_r=1&hp

Key quote:

"Some Congressional support has also dwindled because the automakers
closed plants in other states, like Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana and
Delaware, and consolidated their operations closer to home.

Meanwhile, foreign auto companies have built plants across the
South..."

"It all feels excessive to some in Detroit. “I didn’t know that some
really, really hate us,” said Ms. Tompor of The Free Press."