Past and present Senate candidates from Michigan: on Corporations

John James: Trump tax cuts encourage companies to do business in America

John James (R): Yes. Says they encourage companies "to do business right here in America."

Debbie Stabenow (D): No. Don't cut taxes for the wealthy at the expense of middle-class families.

Debbie Stabenow: Supported recession bailouts saving the auto industry

Bob Young: Regulatory overreach hurts small businesses

A: "[On my tour of Michigan businesses], all of those businesses complained about regulatory overreach. The federal government in the last five years has spun out more business crushing regulation than is imaginable. And what people don't understand is that 70% of people employed in our country isn't employed by the GM's or Ford's of our country, it's by small businesses."

Bob Young: Regulation hurts liberty AND hurts communities

"Our founders created a limited federal government because they understood that unchecked government deprived the people of their liberty," Young said. "Ordinary people understand that our federal government is bloated and out of control. It broke our healthcare system. It lets our veterans die and it spends our money recklessly and attempts to regulate our every, acting decision. Debbie is the chief offender of this and its chief cheerleader."

Bob Young: I believe in limited government (but not no-government)

Gary Peters: I supported auto bailout; my opponent opposed it

Romney's anti-bailout stance haunted him in Michigan. Democrats hope Land pays a similar price in a race to replace Sen. Carl Levin. When asked about Romney's position, Land said at the Republican National Convention that she was "with" Romney and said Ford survived without the bailout. Land's campaign says something had to be done to address the auto crisis, but she wasn't convinced on the plan proposed.