GM aide: Romney ads part of 'parallel universe'

Via the Detroit Free Press, Mitt Romney's auto bailout Ohio radio ad is prompting some pushback from General Motors:

“We've clearly entered some parallel universe during these last few days,” GM spokesman Greg Martin said. “No amount of campaign politics at its cynical worst will diminish our record of creating jobs in the U.S. and repatriating profits back to this country.”

The ad's contention about the jobs lost under GM is what Martin pushed back on — the ad says the company cut 15,000 jobs "under President Obama" but is going to double China production. The majority of those job losses, the Free Press says, took place ahead of the restructuring through the bailout.

The spot implies the auto bailout, which is popular in parts of the Midwest, was a mistake. As the Atlantic's Molly Ball notes, the messaging from Romney has been blurry on ths subject — he has called the bailout bad while also saying it was his initial idea to call for a bakruptcy process.

Maggie Haberman is senior political reporter for Politico.