Posted on 03/03/2012 9:18:59 AM PST by old school
Republican Presidential frontrunner Mitt Romney often fends off the attacks comparing the similarities between the plan he signed in Massachusetts in 2006 and ObamaCare by saying he took a federalist approach. The former Massachusetts Governor says his plan was done on a state level, where the central theme to both plans, the individual mandate, was a actually a conservative approach.
But in a July 2009 op-ed in USA Today Romney thought the President could learn a thing or two from the plan he signed into law in Massachusetts, including using the individual mandate as an incentive for people to buy insurance.
(Excerpt) Read more at buzzfeed.com ...
Romney is going to lose just like Dole and McCain.
After 2010, the Tea Party energy-- this is the worst possible outcome.
All the influential Tea Party members that I know...are silent. What a waste and what wusses.
Let me help Milt....
The former Massachusetts Governor says his plan was done on a state level, where the central theme to both plans, the individual mandate, was a actually a [SEVERLY] conservative approach.
How about a few phone calls or emails to your Tea Party friends. Point them to this article. The word’s getting out but way too slow if we don’t help it along.
Romney thanked Ted Kennedy for "collaboration" on health care reform [YOUTUBE].
Federal/state collusion...note Romney's mention of "secretaries of state" at both levels.
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