I agree. I voted for Mitt last time in the primary...the best of the lot, IMO. He could at least articulate a message. I was just not convinced how much of it he believed. It is becoming clear he does not stand for conservative issues. This response is disasterous. The next candidate has to articulate a fundamentally opposite solution to Obama on all the major issues.
If he was going to be a legitimate candidate in ‘12, he should be coming out and say, “as a governor of a Dem state I worked hard to shape the outcome of this program to be the best it can be. Unfortunately, it is proving to be the wrong solution. The costs are two high and the state is forced to cover the costs with Fed stimulus money. This is especially the wrong path for the Federal government because government can’t possibly outperform the private sector,...etc...etc” He would quickly become the front runner and likely next President. Instead, he really is demonstrating a belief in this type of boondoggle solution to health care. He’s out.
Agree with your post with emphasis on “The next candidate has to articulate a fundamentally opposite solution to Obama on all the major issues”, and add the GOP must articulate fundamentally opposite solutions, or Conservative solutions.
We’re already well on our way towards ending our relationship with our Constitution, and if we want to NOT end that relationship we must oppose the Left, not side with them as is the direction the Leftist RINO’s of the GOP are trying to take that party.
The Leftist influence IMO is behind the ridiculous outreach for quantity as opposed to quality. With quality IMO will come the quantity. I know my wife and myself won’t send the GOP a nickel until we see some quality, and we believe most Conservatives think as we do.