President Barack Obama's Jan. 20 visit to Detroit included a tour of the auto show and an old-fashioned stump speech to a gathering of auto workers and local leaders at the UAW-GM Center for Human Resources. With exactly one year left in his presidency and an eye toward securing his economic legacy, Obama recounted the harrowing times the industry faced in 2008-09 and defended the government's efforts to restructure it, in the face of skepticism.