Romney seeks to address health care woes

[WestVirginiaRebel]

Breitbart:

BARTLETT, N.H. (AP) - Call it an attempt to address an obvious political vulnerability. Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday derided President Barack Obama's health care law—modeled in some ways after one the ex-governor signed in Massachusetts—as a misguided and egregious effort to seize more power for Washington.

"Obamacare is bad law, bad policy, and it is bad for America's families," Romney declared. "And that's the reason why President Obama will be a one-term president." He vowed to repeal it if he were ever in a position to do so, and drew hearty cheers from his Republican Party audience.

Then, raising the Massachusetts law, Romney argued that the solution for the unique problems of one state isn't the right prescription for the nation as a whole, and he acknowledged: "Our experiment wasn't perfect—some things worked, some didn't, and some things I'd change."

"One thing I would never do is to usurp the constitutional power of states with a one-size-fits-all federal takeover," Romney said, again earning applause. "The federal government isn't the answer for running health care any more than it's the answer for running Amtrak or the post office."

With that, he used his first appearance before New Hampshire Republicans since the midterm elections to start addressing head-on the issue that's certain to be a hurdle in his all-but-certain presidential campaign.
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A good move by Romney IMO in countering reminders of Romneycare.

[Evad]

Fox--Henhouse

Pot--Kettle--Black

 

all kindsa comparisons

 

Who on earth would want RomneyCare's advice on this subject??

[Valin]

Fox--Henhouse

Pot--Kettle--Black

 

all kindsa comparisons

 

Who on earth would want RomneyCare's advice on this subject??

 

 

I think you are missing his point. I believe his point is basically a federalist one, that what goes for MA. should not be for La. or Mt.

OTOH he's got a lot more work to do on explaining himself on the who, what, why, of RomneyCare, and why he pushed it. Otherwise he really doesn't have much of a chance.

[Valin]

Fox--Henhouse

Pot--Kettle--Black

 

all kindsa comparisons

 

Who on earth would want RomneyCare's advice on this subject??

 

 

I think you are missing his point. I believe his point is basically a federalist one, that what goes for MA. should not be for La. or Mt.

OTOH he's got a lot more work to do on explaining himself on the who, what, why, of RomneyCare, and why he pushed it. Otherwise he really doesn't have much of a chance.

 

 

From Hot Air...

 

“Several Republican strategists who worked on Mr. Romney’s first presidential campaign said they had urged him to try to get ahead of the controversy a year ago during the national health care debate. But they said their suggestions were overruled.

 

“‘He made a huge mistake not litigating his health care record when Obamacare was on the table,’ said Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist who advised the early stages of Mr. Romney’s last race. ‘He should have been the leading opponent and said, ‘I can tell you better than anyone, don’t do this.’ But now he’s chosen to litigate this during a campaign, which is the worst time to do it.’”

[Evad]

Fox--Henhouse

Pot--Kettle--Black

 

all kindsa comparisons

 

Who on earth would want RomneyCare's advice on this subject??

 

 

I think you are missing his point. I believe his point is basically a federalist one, that what goes for MA. should not be for La. or Mt.

OTOH he's got a lot more work to do on explaining himself on the who, what, why, of RomneyCare, and why he pushed it. Otherwise he really doesn't have much of a chance.

 

 

From Hot Air...

 

“Several Republican strategists who worked on Mr. Romney’s first presidential campaign said they had urged him to try to get ahead of the controversy a year ago during the national health care debate. But they said their suggestions were overruled.

 

“‘He made a huge mistake not litigating his health care record when Obamacare was on the table,’ said Alex Castellanos, a Republican strategist who advised the early stages of Mr. Romney’s last race. ‘He should have been the leading opponent and said, ‘I can tell you better than anyone, don’t do this.’ But now he’s chosen to litigate this during a campaign, which is the worst time to do it.’”

 

Oh I get his point.

My point is a man with his track record on health care has no credibility in the matter.