Romney will lose Massachusetts because of RomneyCARE.
Americans HATE ObamaCARE/RomneyCARE.
But like Obama, Romney does not care.
There is a 4-5 point “rally to the flag” effect during the anniversary of 09-11. Like it or not the fact O was in charge when the Seals got Bin Laden is going to help him in the polls for the next week or so.
So the “hate Romney Always” Freepers might want to hold off on popping the corks from their Obama champagne bottles just yet.
You know what? Keep it up. Keep bashing Romney. When Obama wins, we lose. Got it?
Romney for reasons known only to him believes obama is a nice guy who is in over his head.
Now, if obama were a conservative Romney would eviscerate him.
GREGORY: Well, let me ask you about a couple of specific areas. On healthcare, you say that you would rescind the president’s healthcare plan on day one. Does that mean that you’re prepared to say to Americans, young adults and those with pre-existing conditions, that they would no longer be guaranteed healthcare?
MR. ROMNEY: Well, of course not. I say we’re going to replace Obamacare. And I’m replacing it with my own plan. And, you know, even in Massachusetts where I was governor, our plan there deals with pre-existing conditions and with young people. Everybody…
GREGORY: So you’d keep that part of the federal plan?
MR. ROMNEY: Well, I’m not getting rid of all of healthcare reform. Of course, there are a number of things that I like in healthcare reform that I’m going to put in place. One is to make sure that those with pre-existing conditions can get coverage. Two is to assure that the marketplace allows for individuals to have policies that cover their— their family up to whatever age they might like. I also want individuals to be able to buy insurance, health insurance, on their own as opposed to only being able to get it on a tax advantage basis through their company.
This is a very good description of Mittens. Everyone should read this, at least the first six paragraphs or so.
As a Palin fan, and a longtime contributor to C4P, this doesn’t do us any good at his point. Would Doug Brady prefer Obama over Romney? Not me.
If Romney loses Palin will get a strong shot at becoming the shadow leader on the right. And if he wins she will be a Tea Party leader that keeps Romney honest. And would have a good shot in 2020 (she’d be only 55).
So calm down with the circular firing squad right now.
So, Palin’s upset and now she’s going to go after Romney?
I like Palin and think she’s gotten a raw deal from both the MSM and some of the GOP establishment, but it seems to me that her time to go after Romney was in the primaries.
Yet, given that opportunity, she passed. Once she passed, she needed to decide whether she wants the GOP candidate or Obama to win in November. Right now, it appears to me that she’s undecided.
By the way, can anyone provide a link to a good article explaining why Palin was not at the GOP convention. I read a lot, but there’s been precious little analysis of her failure to appear. I do know that she appeared mighty upset in an interview pre-convention. What’s going on here?
Romney can’t be a conservative, because he isn’t. It’s that simple. All of his current positions are flip-flops and oblunder is going to slaughter him with it in the debate. He’ll have Romney on his heels the entire time.
I just wish Romesty would shut up completely and let his surrogates do the talking. Just shut up . . . get this illegal alien out of our White House and then he can do stupid things like keeping parts of Obamacare . . . at least the jug eared moron will be out of our White HOuse.
Please, Mittens, just shut up. There are millions of Conservatives that are going to have to hold their nose to vote for you because you are a big “D” democrat. Please, shut up.
I am not yet at the point where I will accuse Romney of going weak “McCain” on Obama, but it certainly appears that way. However, I am terribly disturbed that both Mitt Romney & Paul Ryan took a “Republican Country Club” weekend off this past weekend. You know, I really do not mind if Romney/Ryan go down to defeat against Obama/Biden, but.......the truth be known....it is not about Romney nor Ryan, it’s about the destruction of the USA as a free nation!!! If Obama wins, you can kiss the USA goodbye. Look,,,,,fools....there is no such thing as a free lunch, period. Sooner, rather then later, the “Obama Stash” taxpayer money is going to run out and, then there will shortly follow riots and war in our streets!!!
I do not want Romney /Ryan to rest for one minute. I want them tearing Obama to shreds politically, every day, every hour, every minute. Obama is not a “nice” guy. He is an evil man, intent on taking America down, period. As for me, I am the over-the-hill-gang, and will soon be pushing flowers up from my resting place. It’s you young folks that will have to survive the horror that is coming!!! I have done my best, and will continue as such, until the Lord, God almighty takes me home!!!
Pssst...don’t know if anybody’s told ya yet, but Romney didn’t say that.
Take a listening/reading comprehension course and call us in the morning.
I sure wish people would quit jumping on this bandwagon. He did not say he’s keeping parts of Obamacare. The plan is to repeal it and replace it with a sensible reform bill. To repeal w/o drafting a better bill would be stupid. Yes ... there needs to be some reform. Just not Obama’s idea of reform.
Those interested in health care have been waiting for a long time to see what replacement the GOP has in mind when it says ‘Repeal and Replace’. Mitch has been woefully silent. The hardest part of Romney’s campaign in ahead as reporters continue to press him for specifics. Romney’s plan to grab the pot without showing his cards is in for some rough times.
There is nothing wrong with Romney saying there are some aspects of Obamacare he would keep.
Romney cannot run and win just by saying he will kill Obanmacare - he has to offer improvements over the pre-Obama system and make changes that should have been made 12 years ago anyway.
In fact, it is republicans who brought this Obama nightmare down on America.
If republicans during the George Bush years had governed responsibly, including making some positive changes affecting health care insurance, we probably would not have Obamacare today - and maybe Obama would never have been elected.
Instead they acted like liberal pigs at the trough and outdid democrats in stuffing their pockets, spending money we don’t have and then to top it off they blatantly ignored their own base.
Their (president Bush and congress) choice to govern as liberals and act like democrats is what led to the election of Obama and gave us the pitiful mess we have today.
They could have (should have) passed some basic reforms affecting medical insurance like these:
- Make cost of medical insurance purchased by individuals tax deductible just like it is for companies and organizations.
- Allow shopping for medical insurance across state lines.
- Require insurance companies to allow children and other family members to be carried on individual policies. (and charge appropriate fees for it)
- Require insurance companies to cover pre-existing conditions. (and charge appropriate fees for it)
Idiots.
A conservative economist a few months ago (in the WSJ) explained Congressional history, what is already taking place and scheduled to take place in the next two years alone, due to Obamacare and how unlikely and how expensive repeal of Obamacare will become if it does not happen by 2014. By then the cost of repeal will set many in Congress for looking at ways to simply “trim” what Obamacare is already doing.
Obamacare has to be repealed, and then health care reform can be put through its hoops in a GOP Congress.
If anyone is concerned about what Romney may want in health care reform, take it up in the next GOP Congress, after Obamacare is repealed.
Wait another four years and the likelihood of repeal is nearly assured. That will be the way of Washington, D.C.
Problem is Obama keeps blaming Bush and the Republican party for the collapse and he has a compelling case for it, since the economic collapse happened at the end of Bush's term. The Republicans have made no effort to defend Bush, nor to blame the Democrat Congress for being in bed with Fannie/Freddie, nor to blame Obama for working with Acorn to force banks to give loans to people who couldn't pay them back, which are the true roots of the housing bubble.
It may in fact be the Republicans' failure to defend Bush, their limpwristed, wimpy impulse to throw a fellow Republican under the bus every time the liberal media attacks one, that allows Obama to win reelection. They have ceded the argument that Republicans caused the economic collapse to the other side. Why would the public ever want to vote back in a party that causes economic collapses?
Romney has the charisma of Michael Dukakis, the likability of John Kerry, the natural warmth of Richard Nixon, the honesty of Bill Clinton, the business ethics of Michael Milken, the populist appeal of Thurston Howell, III, the socialist leanings of Barack Obama and he practices the weirdest religion outside of Scientology. A candidate like that just screams electability.
32 posted on Thursday, March 22, 2012 2:01:26 PM by JediJones (The Divided States of Obama's Declaration of Dependence: Death, Taxes and the Pursuit of Crappiness)