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Is Romney a Big Loser in Senate Compromise?
American Spectator ^
| 2009-12-15
| Philip Klein
Posted on 12/15/2009 9:47:07 AM PST by rabscuttle385
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On Twitter, Politico's Ben Smith asks, "At this point, how is current proposal substantially different from Romneycare?"
The answer is, it ain't.
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So now, if Obamacare passes, Romney will be left telling angry primary voters that the only real difference between the two plans is that he implemented his policies at the state level, while Obama did it through the federal government. Sure, it's clearly worse if the federal government is implementing bad policies, but it's hard to see how such an argument would pass muster with anybody but those who are already ardent Romney supporters. It's sort of like saying, "As governor, I raised state income taxes, but the thought of raising federal income taxes -- that's an outrage!"
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TOPICS: Breaking News; Business/Economy; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mittbot; mittbots; mittromney; mittwit; mittwits; mormon; rino; romney; romneycare; slickmitt; slickwillard; stenchofromney
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To: Beagle8U
Nothing. Maybe I should have put one of these on my post. ;0)
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posted on
12/15/2009 10:35:33 AM PST
by
paulycy
(Demand Constitutionality.)
To: GeronL
"America is the biggest loser."
You've got an AMEN here, Romney (if he even runs) is two years away, government run health care is NOW.
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posted on
12/15/2009 10:36:22 AM PST
by
Peter Horry
(Those who aren't responsible always know best.)
To: rabscuttle385
Romney is a big loser PERIOD!!!
EFFF U, mittens.......
23
posted on
12/15/2009 10:39:54 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(BHO....'The Pretenda from Kenya')
To: Beagle8U
“What is wrong with Zotting the romneybots?”
Problem is, you have to IDENTIFY them first. Some people here are about as successful at that as school administrators are at identifying weapons.
24
posted on
12/15/2009 10:42:41 AM PST
by
Peter Horry
(Those who aren't responsible always know best.)
To: Peter Horry
It isn’t hard to tell who the romneybots are.
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posted on
12/15/2009 10:48:13 AM PST
by
Beagle8U
(Free Republic -- One stop shopping ....... It's the Conservative Super WalMart for news .)
To: OldDeckHand
Romney is a loser and not worth a second thought.
26
posted on
12/15/2009 10:49:58 AM PST
by
mulligan
To: rabscuttle385
Now this is a good Romney thread. If this is enacted we are obligated to campaign in 2010 and 2012 against RomneyCare, if not directly certainly by suggestion.
27
posted on
12/15/2009 10:50:18 AM PST
by
jimfree
(In 2012 Sarah Palin will continue to have more relevant quality executive experience than B. Obama.)
To: Old Teufel Hunden
In Massachusetts you cant win the Governors office if you state you will outlaw abortion. Its a communist state, home of the Chappaquiddick swimmer. Killing the less fortunate is a tradition there.
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posted on
12/15/2009 10:57:37 AM PST
by
PA-RIVER
To: PA-RIVER
"In Massachusetts you cant win the Governors office if you state you will outlaw abortion. Its a communist state, home of the Chappaquiddick swimmer. Killing the less fortunate is a tradition there."
You are most likely correct. However, that does not mean you compromise such a key issue simply to get elected. If he wanted to run for office somewhere and thought he could not get elected in Mass because of this one issue, then he should have run in Michighan or Utah. I'm pretty sure he has houses and roots in those areas also. I understand compromise, but compromising on a key issue such as this is not acceptable IMO.
To: rabscuttle385
I'm a believer in RINO relativism. I was delighted when Romney was elected governor of Massachusetts -- he's the closest thing to a conservative we'll ever see in that state. Similarly, I was delighted when Rudy was elected mayor of NYC, and I'd love to see him run for governor of NY, or for the Senate from that state.
I believe that RINOs have their place -- in liberal states where a RINO is the best you're likely to get. Yes, I believe that half a loaf is better than none.
BUT -- Romney or Rudy on the national stage? NO! A thousand times no!
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posted on
12/15/2009 11:37:41 AM PST
by
southernnorthcarolina
(Now with ConstructionCam! Click on my name and follow the progress.)
To: rabscuttle385
Romney will be left telling angry primary voters that the only real difference between the two plans is that he implemented his policies at the state level, while Obama did it through the federal government.
___________________________________________________
Ouch...
That has gotta hurt...
Need a funny bandaid for that Boo Boo...
To: rabscuttle385
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posted on
12/15/2009 12:14:53 PM PST
by
TheThirdRuffian
(Nothing to see here. Move along.)
To: rabscuttle385
You know, one thing I miss about the old newspaper days was how you could use yesterday's news to line the bird cage.
Romney is so yesterday's news. Please, somebody let him know while there is still time. We're going bird shopping later today.
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posted on
12/15/2009 12:27:18 PM PST
by
The Citizen Soldier
(At the first of the year I feared for my grandkids... then it was my kids... now it's me.)
To: OldDeckHand
To: rabscuttle385
Romney is now starting his own book tour!
I can’t wait to see the contrast with Palin...
To: JerseyDvl
He is a slick talking leftist from a marxist state If only that were the worst of it. He's also an uprincipled smear merchant and backstabbing traitor, willing and eager to turn on his own party and/or the conservative movement.
Remember, although usually described as "McCain aides," that it was Romney people, temporarily with the McCain campaign, who leaked damaging (dis)information about Palin to the opposition and opposition press during the 2008 campaign, and continued the smears after.
Did Romney know about these activities? I don't know, for sure, but I'd bet a very large amount on, "Hell, Yes!" He certainly did nothing to call off his dogs when their names became publicly known.
It's not just I don't trust him because he's superficial and a "slick" talker. I don't just distrust his words, I distrust his actions, and his core loyalty, indeed the existence of any core loyality, to person, to party and to principle.
Maybe I overreact, but I'm not willing to take a chance on this guy.
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posted on
12/15/2009 1:40:17 PM PST
by
Stultis
(Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia; Democrats always opposed waterboarding as torture)
To: Beagle8U
I will tell you what is wrong with zotting Romneybots.
It will kill all my fun.
To: americanophile
While I don't like or support Massachusetts' health care system, and think it was a bad decision on Romney's part, to say that there's no difference between policy made on the federal level and policy made on the state level, even if they're substantially similar, is to completely undermine the notion of federalism - one of the fundamental conceptual and functional components of the republic and a key tenet of conservatism. OTOH, to suggest that a governor who implemented at the state level the same type of behemoth government entitlement that Zero is trying to implement at the federal level will other than that govern conservatively is -at best - very naive.
To: VRWCmember
...not that I did suggest that.
To: paulycy; ejonesie22
Its a trap, right?Ya never know. ;-)
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posted on
12/16/2009 12:42:04 AM PST
by
rabscuttle385
(Purge the RINOs! * http://restoretheconstitution.ning.com/)
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