Chrysler C.E.O pushes back on Mitt endorsement

TOLEDO, OHIO:  Chrysler C.E.O Sergio Merchionne circulated a new e-mail this week sort of pushing back a decision-based discussion via Mitt Romney on the auto industry:

Chrysler Chief Executive Sergio Marchionne circulated an email to Chrysler Group LLC employees today strongly restating the automaker’s promise that it will not move existing U.S. production of Jeeps to China.

In the email, Mr. Marchionne said he felt obligated to again address the company’s production plans over continuing “public debate.”

The note did not directly reference politics or the presidential election, but Chrysler’s plans for Jeep have become a major political talking point over the past week, especially in Ohio. Speaking in Defiance last week, Republican candidate Mitt Romney seized on a misrepresentation of a Bloomberg story, suggesting that Chrysler was considering moving existing Jeep production to China.

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