Romney Takes Ownership of Brown Victory

“No reason to debate the facts.”

A lot of Freepers are willing to ignore them. See, e.g., this thread.

Has ROMNEY been a man to take Ownership for RomneyCARE??

“Mr. Romney's subsidized coverage is meanwhile doing what entitlements do: crowding
out private insurers, compounding the cost explosion, walking the state toward rationing.
So long as the former governor clings to these central points of his health plan, he's on
the wrong side of free-market policy and public opinion.

This isn't going away for Mr. Romney either, which is why he'd do better by writing off
his own plan as a mistake that Democrats have made worse, and replacing it with a
proposal that deregulates and reforms the private market to lower insurance costs
(thereby achieving greater coverage).”

“Health Care Speechwriter for Edwards, Obama & Clinton Now Without Health Insurance”
I'm a critic because what Washington is talking about doing
has made health insurance unaffordable in Massachusetts.

“Small businesses bridle at health insurance hikes (Romneycare strangles Mass. businesses)
some really bad news from Blue Cross-Blue Shield: His company’s health insurance rates are going up 47 percent in January.”

“ Rationing medicine has already begun
… government-
run health care has introduced rationing and waiting lists and cost the lives of the people under its provisions.”

“DEATH PANELS OPEN FOR BUSINESS IN MASSACHUSETTS”

“President Obama's newly confirmed regulatory czar defended the
possibility of removing organs from terminally ill patients without their permission.”

“You can’t reap these savings without limiting patients’ choices in some way," said Paul Levy, CEO of Beth Israel Deaconess.”

“State plan may place limits on patients’ hospital options( Mass. RomneyCare )”

"Romney Visits Nebraska, Talks Health Care [where he defends Romneycare] “

"Paying the Health Tax in Massachusetts [Romneycare]
Massachusetts requires every resident to have health insurance, and this
year, without informing us directly, the state had changed the rules in a way that made
our bare-bones policy no longer acceptable. Unless we ponied up for a pricier policy we
neither need nor want—or enrolled in a government-sponsored insurance plan—we
would have to pay $1,000 each year to the state.
How did we become outlaws? “

"National Health Preview - The Massachusetts debacle, coming soon to your neighborhood."
It was only a matter of time.
They're trying to manage the huge costs of the subsidized middle-class insurance program that is gradually swallowing the state budget.
The program provides low- or no-cost coverage to about 165,000 residents, or three-fifths of the newly insured, and is budgeted at $880 million for 2010, a 7.3% single-year increase that is likely to be optimistic.
The state's overall costs on health programs have increased by 42% (!) since 2006."

A Very Sick Health Plan; Bay State’s ‘Grand Experiment’ Fails [RomneyCare]
"Initiated on Mr. Romney’s gubernatorial watch in 2006, this “experiment” has fallen on hard times, and predictably so. “

Health care in Massachusetts: a warning for America [Romney brings Mass. to its knees]
The Bay State's mandatory insurance law is raising costs, limiting access, and lowering care.
Three years ago, Massachusetts adopted a plan requiring all residents to purchase health
insurance, with state subsidies for lower-income residents. But rather than creating a
utopia of high-quality affordable healthcare, the result has been the exact opposite –
skyrocketing costs, worsened access, and lower quality care."

"‘Severe’ doc shortage seen hiking wait time
“The shortage is getting more severe”"

“Health costs to rise again.( RomneyCare )
The state’s major health insurers plan to raise premiums by about 10 percent next year,
prompting many employers to reduce benefits and shift additional costs to workers.”

“Nation’s ill-advised to follow Mass. plan [Health plan a failure]
September 17, 2009 The canary is dead.
Massachusetts, the model for the ObamaCare universal insurance plan, is the canary in
the health care coal mine. Yesterday, its obit appeared on the front page of both The Wall
Street Journal and The Boston Globe-Democrat “

"Bay State Insurance Premiums Highest in Country - Boston Globe August 22, 2009
Massachusetts has the most expensive family health insurance premiums in the country,
according to a new analysis that highlights the state’s challenge in trying to rein in medical costs
40 percent higher than in 2003. Over the same period, premiums nationwide rose an average of 33 percent..."

"Massachusetts: the laboratory for ObamaCare“

"Massachusetts' Obama-like reforms increase health costs, wait times [RomneyCare]
Premiums are growing 21 to 46 percent faster than the national average"

"Mass. Pushes Rationing to Control Universal Healthcare Costs (RomneyCare)
A 10-member Massachusetts state healthcare advisory board unanimously recommended
that the state begin rationing healthcare to keep the state’s marquee universal health care program afloat financially.”

"1,000 cancer patients 'refused treatment'"

"Massachusetts Universal Healthcare System Breaking Down Already
ERs in Massachusetts have not seen a downturn in visits. On the contrary, it seems that ER visits are actually on the upswing in the Bay State. In fact, in 2007 they were higher than the national average by 20 percent...”

"Hospital patients 'left in agony'"

"National Health Preview - The Massachusetts debacle, coming soon to your neighborhood.
In Massachusetts's latest crisis,
They're trying to manage the huge costs of the subsidized middle-class insurance program that is gradually swallowing the state budget.
The program provides low- or no-cost coverage to about 165,000 residents, or three-fifths of the newly insured, and is budgeted at $880 million for 2010, a 7.3% single-year increase that is likely to be optimistic.
The state's overall costs on health programs have increased by 42% (!) since 2006
Mr. Romney should have known better before signing on to this not-so-grand experiment, especially since the state's "free market" reforms that he boasts about have proven to be irrelevant when not fictional.
Only 21,000 people have used the "connector" that was supposed to link individuals to private insurers."

A Very Sick Health Plan; Bay State’s ‘Grand Experiment’ Fails [RomneyCare]
… fiscal troubles aplenty within Repubican Mitt Romney’s brainchild, Massachusetts’ “grand experiment” in “universal” health care."
"Initiated on Mr. Romney’s gubernatorial watch in 2006, this “experiment” has fallen on hard times, and predictably so.
Even though the Bay State commenced its program with a far smaller percentage of uninsured residents than exists nationwide,
“RomneyCare” is threatening to bankrupt the state.“

"Dem Congresswoman Admits Obama Health Care Plan Will Destroy Private Health Insurance Industry"

Romney is a slick haired lying opportunist who will go with what ever position he think will grant him favor with those he is in front of at the time.

Socialism is not even out of bounds for him as is clearly evidenced by his health care fiasco...

great Romney debate over...

Breaking......Romney claims ownership of McCain nomination!!! Ooooh Breaking......Romney claims ownership of Obama presidency!!! Breaking Romney................

Smart but sleazy. And he picked the state’s one veteran Republican political team (Joe Malone’s) that was available when he started his run for governor.

I’ll hold off judgment until we see his voting record. If he proves to be the Socialist DIABLO scum Slick Willard is, he can own him.

The new Mittens talking point.

Scott Brown’s win entitles Mitt Romney to be President. If you do not support Romney for President, then you hate Mormons.

Sorry, but Obama already made that claim.

The only hate is the hate of socialism

Sad you can't hate that as well.

A lot of people on here don't like Romney but the one thing he has is smarts.

He also had a dad who was a former governor. Something Palin, who you like to call stupid, didn't have, but she made to to the governorship all on her own, without family connnections to power.

Hmm. Reminds me that Mitt also claimed that he saw his father march with MLK.

Many people don't know that Mitt Romney has also claimed at times that he himself marched with MLK.

The new Mittens talking point.

Scott Brown’s win entitles Mitt Romney to be President. If you do not support Romney for President, then you hate Mormons.

LOL, good summary.

That's Gov.Palin to you, FRiend.

A lot of conservatives can’t see what a RINO Romney is.

Talka about being spiritually blind.

Brown, R-Mass., is featured in two pictures in the newsletter, and Romney takes full ownership of his victory:

“As supporters of the PAC, you deserve a thank you,” the newsletter from Romney’s Free Strong America PAC reads. “Your support made it possible for Governor Romney to get behind Senator Brown from the very beginning, when polls showed him a 30-point underdog and everyone assumed the outcome was pre-ordained in favor of the Democrats.”

“Governor Romney asked his entire political team to help the then-unknown Brown, and he raised early money for him at a time when very few people would give him a second look.”

Where does Klein get the full ownership business? The newsletter correctly states that Romney did a early fund raiser for Brown, and made his political team available. These are facts, and the newsletter leaves it up to the reader to determine whether these actions were or were not effective. This is a long way from a claim of full ownership.

Rudy Giuliani actually campaigned for him, Romney did not, do you know why the Republican Governor could not show up in person for a Massachusetts race?

I'm grateful to Mitt for providing skilled manpower and timely financing to Scott Brown's campaign while Steele was writing a book, the RNC was supporting DeeDee Scozzafava, and John Cornyn, and the National Republican Senatorial Campaign were contemplating their navels.

I hope I'm not the only one who's willing to give credit where credit is due. I'll continue to send what money I can to Mitt's PAC rather than waste it to on the RNC.

I’d stack up my “spiritual vision” against yours any day.

As long as he first claims ownership of Romneycare, abortion and queer "marriage", why sure. He championed all those causes first.

Not to mention doing so in direct contradiction to his purported religious beliefs !

lady lawyer (RomneyBOT): I’d stack up my “spiritual vision” against yours any day.

LOL. Did you get yours at the Bar?