So what else is new? Other than GOP once again backed a loser candidate. In some perverse way, I’m going to relish Romney go to the same historical trash heap as Dole and McCain.
What a whore he is.
He will say ANYTHING to better his chances. He has no allegiance to a political agenda in any way shape or form except the agenda of self promotion.
The GOP not only gives us McCain and expected us to be loyal to the party but they turn around and increase the ante with Romney and expect us to be fooled again!
In 1854, we had the abolitionists "Free-soil" party [a party that kicked Whig butt!] that merged with the then-new Republican party to intensify its "social-issues" base...(In 1856, the Republican party said it would tackle the "twin relics of barbarism" -- slavery & polygamy...and it did for the next 40+ years!)
Now we have it all in reverse!
We have a descendent of polygamists [great-grandparents & at one point in the family tree, BOTH great-great grandparents were not only polygamists, but brothers...both Lds "apostles" at that]...
...rising to the top of a party...
...that's rapidly diluting its social-issues base...
...chasing it away as fast it can go...
Mark my words...the GoP right now is 29% of registered voters...
...Once it nominates Romney...
...that'll likely to drop to around 25% [me included...and I encourage others to go]...
...then after Romney loses, don't be surprised to see that % drop to under 20% of the registered-voter pie by 2013!
The Republicans are headed for extinction -- like the Whig party!
Geez...so true! Seems that we are heading down the path of what use to be Democrats (now still called Republicans)..
I suppose that Romney decided that he could do something far more efficiently and in a far more cost-effective way than the DemocRATS. He did, you can bet that what the DemocRATS would have imposed something far worse. But it’s something that should never have been done in the first place.
FUMR!!
for later.
Although it has received less media attention than other aspects of the bill, one of the most significant features of the legislation is the creation of the Massachusetts Health Care Connector to combine the current small-group and individual markets under a single unified set of regulations. Supporters such as Robert E. Moffit and Nina Owcharenko of the Heritage Foundation consider the Connector to be the single most important change made by the legislation, calling it "the cornerstone of the new plan" and "a major innovation and a model for other states."
So the "brain trust" at the "conservative" Heritage Foundation, the one Rush always mentions, thought Romneycare was the solution. Now we know better.
The danger is bad ideas. Romney's going to be the nominee. All the wailing and gnashing of teeth in the world isn't going to change that. As conservatives we have a grand opportunity, but time is fleeting. Romney's desperate to solidify the nomination. Now's the time to put our people in tight and close to him. No POTUS runs the country. It is those advisers and staff that do so.
Our focus should and must be controlling the agenda of ideas out there. There are a few key areas that need attention and control - rebinding the Commerce Clause (Lochner, Wickard v. Filburn, etc.); reeling in the regulatory agencies and restoring Congressional oversight; and insuring state's rights are enforced per the US Constitution.
Federal overreach is the issue across the board. The solution is wringing concessions out of Romney right now while he's most amenable to them and the most desperate. Judicial appointments are critical. Get those concessions now in exchange for our support. With a strong Congress and Romney's desperate need to shed Obamacare's shadow he's stepped right into our playground - it's a state issue. That's an opportunity and a grand one.
He's placed himself in a corner. If Obamacare is a state's rights issue, what else is too? Santorum and Gingrich are out. Palin absolutely will not run. There will not be a brokered convention. We need to start moving this country back to its Founding roots. Doing that now with Romney makes the most sense. Flailing at him until he secures the nomination is a losing proposition for those things we care most about.