[ExCTCitizen]

To all Mitt haters:

Come on....With a liberal state, the legislators had even a worse bill then the one Mitt signed. Mitt could have done nothing and Mass would even have a WORSE HEALTH CARE law the RomneyCare. He was painted into a corner, so he thought he did a good thing.

I'm not a Romney supporter, but he isn't a LIBERAL. Maybe not a 100% conservative, but better then a 100% Marxist we have now!!

[kevkrom]

Romney was the one who introduced the legislation in the first place. Yes, the legislature made it worse, but simply being the proponent of a system where the government compels individuals to buy a specific product is reprehensible.

Romney also fails “conservative” credibility tests on most other issues: he’s pro-abortion, pro-gay, pro-illegal, pro-big government. He’s better than the current resident on taxes — that’s about it.

[Wallace T.]

It would have been better for him to have repented of his error with RomneyCare, just like Reagan did of his liberalism in his earlier years. None of the declared or potential candidates, with the exception of Sarah Palin and maybe Michele Bachmann, will excite the conservative rank and file. Romney will not do so. If he gets the GOP nomination, and barring another financial catastrophe like in 2008, it will be a repeat of Dole in 1996 and McCain in 2008. An unenthusiastic base and an underfunded campaign (as Obama may raise over $1 billion) spells an all but certain GOP loss.

Romney had a chance to repent but blew it.