On the day of the Michigan Republican primary, President Obama spoke to the United Auto Workers conference in Washington D.C. hailing the success of the auto bailout, reminding them that without government intervention GM and Chrysler would be dead.

Obama said that as president, he was proud to get into a Chevy Volt when he visited GM’s Hamtramck plant in Detroit.

"I got to get inside a brand-new Chevy Volt fresh off the line," he said, "Secret Service wouldn't let me drive it, but I liked sitting in it, it was nice, I bet it drives real good."

"And five years from now, when I'm not president anymore, I will buy one and drive it myself," he said to the cheering crowd who chanted, "Four more years!"

President Obama criticized his political rivals for suggesting that the auto industry was sold out to the unions.

"Even by the standards of this town that's a load of you know what," he said.