“There is no mistake about victory. If the strategy wins, it wins. If it gathers the non political junkies via TV, then he is victorious.The man is running a very crisp campaign. He’s a brilliant guy.”
He may be brilliant. But that does not mean he will win. After what I heard Rush report yesterday about the socialist type health care in Mass, Romney sure does not sound so good! Wish I could link to the article, but would have to listen to yesterday’s program again to catch the title of the article Rush read. Maybe someone else has the link or remembers where the article came from.
I do not know what you heard or saw, and I don’t know what the norm is in Massachussetts, but I will say this.
The “norm” on FR is very likely to be health care group insurance plans through their employer.
THAT is not “the norm” nationally anymore and incrementally it will become less so the norm on FR.
Only when you move into the world of individual health care insurance plans can you understand this issue. That means self employed. That means small business with no group plan.
The premiums for individual plans for a family are headed for $10,000/yr. That does not include deductible and co pays. And it is growing at double digit % growth rates.
Iraq victory is going to be the primary issue next year, but we Republicans had better get VERY ATTUNED to a specific reality and that is . . . if the war is “over” with troops coming home to victory parades . . . then ONE WEEK later the primary issue of the campaign will become health care costs.
The President’s State of the Union plan of tax credits/deductions is a conservative approach to addressing these costs. The $10,000 in question (assuming you can even get insurance (pre existing conditions often preclude it)) is, after all, after tax dollars.
The problem conservatism has is that there is GREAT DANGER in health insurance being perceived as a Democrat issue. If it is, we will lose the election, because it will be a more dominant concern of the moderate voter next year than illegal immigration.