UPDATED 14:06 PM EST, February 13, 2013
As most recent presidents have done, President Barack Obama hit the road to rally public support for his State of the Union wish list from the night before. But a lot of pieces are still missing.
The first stop on the three-day campaign-like swing was a once-shuttered auto-parts factory near Asheville, N.C. where Obama sought to emphasize what he suggests is a renaissance in American manufacturing.
