Can't disagree with any of the bullet points in that piece. However I think the Romneycare issue might be functionally irrelevant. Romney is so far out-on-the-limb on pledging to repeal Obamacare, even moreso now that one of the chief conservative spokesmen against Obamacare is his V.P., that I think we can count on his administration repealing Obamacare. And Obamacare would be so damaging to the country if it becomes enacted in full, that I can't in good conscience remain neutral in this race or claim that there's no difference between the two tickets.
Romney can't be trusted, that's for sure. But I think with the choice of Ryan he may be showing that he really doesn't have core values because he's picking someone who has held far more conservative positions for far longer than he has. Which is at least better than being a liberal Kool-aid drinker. Because if he has no core, we do have a chance as the conservative base to keep the pressure on him as President and make sure he does what we want. We may lose some battles with his administration, but far less than we'd lose with Obama. Not to mention, grooming Ryan to be a future presidential candidate would be an extremely good side effect.
That, and they've got a good Batman/Robin vibe going.
To be fair, what romney said was, “repeal and replace”. That “replace” is one of the things that worries me about romney. I already know what he thinks that the perfect health care plan looks like... and it looks quite a bit like obamacare.
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