Comments on: Mitt in 2012? If He’s Learned From MassCare, Maybe So.

By: Bob Belvedere

Bob Belvedere — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 13:37:35 +0000

Commented on this posting and Smitty's over at:
http://www.thecampofthesaints.com/2009.07.26_arch…

I would be curious to read what you think.

By: suek

suek — Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:58:15 +0000

I'm pretty much with anonymous on this. For Mitt to change my mind, he'd have to come out with an honest statement that he felt the legislature was going to override his veto, so he proposed the best alternative he could*, that it was apparent that even his best alternative was unsuccessful and if he had it to do over, he'd let them override his veto and take the whole brunt of the failure.

*I think I've heard that this is the case, but honestly, I don't know that it is. If it was the inspiration of Romney himself, I wouldn't vote for him. I'd rather have an honest Democrat that we all know and trust to do the wrong thing (in our opinion) than a Republican who _says_ he'll do the right thing, and then doesn't. This is the problem I had with Bush, aside from the Iraq war. A "Compassionate Conservative", imo, is nothing more than a Democrat with strong defense instincts – you know…like a Democrat from about 60 years ago.

By: Jimmie

Jimmie — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:57:50 +0000

Two questions, anonymous commenter.

1) How do you know his plan is like Obama's since we haven't actually seen Obama's plan?
2) Why would you discourage local politicians (like, say, Governors) from experimenting in their own states so long as they learn from their experiments?

By: anonymous

anonymous — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 11:14:48 +0000

Romney won't get the nominee in 2012. He is not conservative. His health care plan is just like Obama's. That why I don't want to see him run for President in 2012. If he does get the nominee, Romney won't get my vote and I am going to stay at home on Election Day.