Posted on 04/16/2010 10:10:12 AM PDT by IbJensen
Over the past several weeks, political observers have speculated about how passage of the national health care law modeled after the one Mitt Romney signed in Massachusetts could hurt his presidential ambitions. But more significant for conservatives is how Romney's presidential ambitions could stymie the effort to repeal ObamaCare.
As it is, achieving a full repeal of the recently-passed health care law will be extremely difficult. Given that Obama would veto any bill to undo his signature legislative accomplishment, it means that to get rid of the law, Republicans will have to not only take back Congress, but capture the White House. It also means that conservatives will have to relentlessly campaign against ObamaCare during the next two elections and keep public outrage at an elevated level for at least the next three years. And even if they achieve all of this, they will have a short window to repeal the bill in 2013, because by 2014 the federal government will begin to dole out hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies, which will create a whole new constituency to preserve the law.
If Romney were the Republican presidential nominee in 2012, it would make this already challenging fight even harder. Romney's role in creating a health care program quite similar to the one that just passed nationally would allow Obama to neutralize the issue during an election that would otherwise be a prime opportunity to make the case for repeal.
The health care program Romney enacted as governor has the same basic architecture as the national health care law President Obama signed last month. Both programs rely on mandating that individuals purchase insurance and they provide government subsidies to people to buy government-designed insurance policies on a government-run exchange.
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Romney could never be the man to reverse the evils of Obama!
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Romney is an idiot.
Some bunch of Rinos are having a big push behind the scene to get one of their own as the candidate.
What will they do when the primaries dash their plans.
“Romney is an idiot”.
...this what every Romney headline should be.
The fact that his nomination would neutralize the Republicans’ biggest issue against the Democrats convinces me that Romney will indeed be their nominee.
They ARE Republicans, after all.
Why is this retard even considered presidential material for the GOP? Maybe for the dems.
I have never really trusted Romney.....especially after meeting some of his staff. They say that he is hard to work for and is more like a dictator with one hell of a temper.
Agree 100%
We must do everything we can to ensure this bum never gets the nomination. He will split the GOP wide open and Obama will win in a walk.
This is the first really major challenge for the Tea Parties. Will they push the GOP to nominate a conservative or do we get another “moderate” out of the same mold that gave us Dole, Bush and McCain? In my view Romney is no conservative and his nomination would likely ensure another 4 years of Hussein.
The November elections are truly crucial. If the GOP makes the gains currently projected there will be clear leaders emerging as a result. It is entirely possible the the next presidential nominee isn’t even on the radar right now but will come forth after November.
Exactly
You are being far too nice Jim.
LLS
Romney can go screw himself.
That’s why he won’t be your nominee. The average Tea Party attendee would react even more negatively than if they gave McCain another shot. They’d leave and run their own candidate.
Romney vision is virtually the same as that of the Tory Party in the UK. Just a little to the right of the Liberal Democrats.
The blue bloods of the RINO’s will try to get Romney nominated because they just really do agree with the dems.
Giving the real patriots a choice is not in their plans.
I don’t know who the 2012 Republican presidential candidate should be, but it should NOT be Mitt Romney from Massachusetts.
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