of coherix, a company that makes machines that lets manufacturers check cars in 3-d.ed 20 high-tech jobs in the past year. >> it is certainly possible that without the bailout, a large amount-- a large number of the automotive suppliers would have gone out of business, and we certainly would have been one of them. >> reporter: doug davidson is chief technical officer for coherix, a lifelong republican he says he can't vote for romney because romney opposed the bailout. >> i am looking for the manufacturing candidate, and rick santorum has talked more about manufacturing and making it more important in the united states than the other candidates. >> mason: while santorum also opposed the bailout of g.m. and chrysler, he's attacked romney for inconsistency, saying romney did summit the bailout of wall street and the banks. for more on the state of the republican race, we're joined by cbs news political reporter scott conroy. good evening, scott. scott, to start with, how important is a win in michigan for mitt romney? >> michigan isn't just important for romney at this