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Posted on 10/17/2009 2:28:31 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
Whether or not anyone prefers to acknowledge it, Mitt Romney is already the default, de facto Republican presidential nominee in 2012 – and, too, he is already the clear loser.
Health care, singularly, will guarantee Barack Obama a second term – even if he never actually achieves meaningful “reform,” or even if he manages reform but it ends up becoming a festering, hemorrhaging mess … like anything the government runs.
Sure, the health care issue appears to be a political landmine for Obama right now, but he just can’t lose for winning, and there’s no area in which that rings more true than health care reform.
Pitted against Romney (as ultimately will happen, because who else is there, really?), Obama will come out looking every bit the better man for the job.
You see, Romney and health care … he’s been there, he’s done that.
As governor of Massachusetts, Romney socialized the state’s health care system, insuring nearly every resident by forcing people to choose between purchasing coverage or paying a penalty for non-compliance. (Yes, Romney’s a Republican; yes, he’s a business wizard; no, those traits don’t at all jive with his stateside socialization of a major private sector).
The success of Romney’s health care reform has, on balance, been lukewarm.
It’s been bad for business start-ups and expansions, but pretty good for people (well, not entrepreneurial people, but still …)
There is, naturally, a funding problem for Massachusett’s program, the solution for which would surely be increased corporate taxation, except that, um, that well has too run dry at the hands of Romney’s grand plan.
So when you think about it, Romneycare really isn’t a success at all.
Anyway, the relative merits of Romney’s reform are not really the point. Even an entirely successful – fully-funded, business-friendly, quality-controlled, patient-primary – result would still leave Romney in the lurches come 2012.
Romney’s problem is, more to the point, that he’ll be running as a Democrat in disguise against a Democrat demagogue.
If there is to be one issue to set apart Republican from Democrat, it has to be health care. It’s one thing for a Republican politician to triangulate on the issue of health care reform – to mildly oppose it, then to begrudgingly admit its merits – but it’s a whole ‘nother thing for a Republican to endorse, initiate, and institute a socialized system of health coverage.
In 2012, two Democrats will be vying for the presidency, and one of those Democrats is Barack Obama. He just can’t lose.
A former runway model with a BS degree. Yep. Ooh, and she spells her name with an ‘e’ instead of a ‘y’. Sistah, please. You probably think Mitt is cute and you want the cute guy to win. While Sarah, after 5 kids, could probably out walk you on the catwalk AND run the country. Meeghan McCain lite.
He’s the defacto choice of godless, conscience-less RINOs. But just as in the case of that flaming RINO Crist in Florida, a storm is coming. And no amount of wishful thinking by their friends in the media is going to help these RINOs win.
While I agree that Romney is a dead duck, it isn’t because of health care. A clear majority reject health care reform because it isn’t reform it is a take over and has nothing to do with health care. It is a loser for Bozo and his crew.
Republicans won't nominate Romney. He got all the support he was going to get last time.
Every bit as bad as people think things are now the reality of 2011 will make 2009 look like the gilded age, and I fear we will look back at even Carter as being pretty good by comparison.
In that climate people will stop looking for a bright shiny object, the latest fad or an American idol. Looks and presentation will matter much less than performance.
They will look for a proven track record of recovery and fiscal solutions.
There is one out there...
Stick Romney where the sun doesn’t shine!!!
Why do you people keep pushing that socialist pile of dung!!!!
“Bob Dole - a Good Man, John McCain - a Good Man, Mitt Romney - a Good Man.”
All garbage!
Romney could beat McLame. He’s toast.
Indianans can best answer, but from what I know, Mitch seems like a pretty smart guy who seems like he’d be to Lugar’s right. Lugar is such a wuss, and he’s been around way too long. But Daniels once worked for George W Bush, so there’s bound to be sour grapes against him for that, alone...
I'm sure you mean the author. My tagline tells the story on who I'm "pushing" for 2012.
Thanks; I do also recall now that he was CEo for Eli Lilly some time ago, so I’d guess that counts against him anywhere but Indiana.
Romney needs to take a chill pill, sit down and feast on some of that food stored up in his walls. (For those in Rio Linda, some Mormons practice the storing of food in their walls, why, I have no idea.)
“If we’re going to lose anyway, let’s just throw the “Hail Sarah” pass and see what happens!”
Exactly, let’s go on principle next time, solid, unassailable, conservative principle. We saw last timw what happens when we nominate someone who the media “approves” of. Time to drive the liberals bonkers.
Palin 2012
Absolutely. As it is, nobody else excites anyone.
So are they saying we may as well stay home? Its not like Willard will win or anything.
The ‘Republican’ party is gonna do whatever THEY want to do.
They’ll give us ANOTHER Rino like Romney. We need to show them torches and pitchforks! We need to let THEM know we will NOT accept another schlub that THEY wanna hand us!
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