U.S. Sen. Debbie Stabenow talked with my colleague Jo Mannies at a rally downtown today.

Stabenow, a Michigan Democrat, was at the event with displaced or soon-to-be-displaced autoworkers, all of whom contended that the Democratic presumptive presidential nominee, Barack Obama, best understood the challenges facing the auto industry.

After her press conference, Stabenow provided Jo — in her first-ever stint shooting video for our website (and she’ll be doing more of it at the conventions) — offered this clip: