Tim Pawlenty decries “Obamneycare,” puts Mitt Romney on the defensive once again
June 12, 2011
I have been less than impressed with the Republican candidates for president to this point and I have been frustrated with the lack of enthusiasm and the slow pace of the primary season to this point, but it seems as if the nomination season is finally starting to heat up and it was Tim Pawlenty who scored the first big blow of the primary heading into tomorrow’s debate.
President Obama said that he designed Obamacare after Romneycare and basically made it Obamneycare,” Pawlenty said on “Fox News Sunday,” adding: “What I don’t understand is that they both continue to defend it
Some Democrats have already begun an attempt at linking Mitt Romney to Barack Obama–including Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick and Barack Obama himself–this has led me to believe that there is some fear of Mitt Romney among Democrats and they feel that if they can show a link between Obama and Romney that it will hurt his chances at becoming the Republican nominee. I feel they fear Mitt Romney because he may be the best candidate in regards to fixing the economy. But no Democrat has been able to link Romney to Obama the way Tim Pawlenty has with his coining of the term “Obamneycare.”
This was a perfectly timed attack and is sure to be brought up during the debate tomorrow night; Tim Pawlenty has put Mitt Romney on the defensive once again and he will have to try to explain why he is different than Barack Obama on the issue of healthcare–and the more time he spends defending Romneycare the more time he loses in trying to explain why he should be president.
I have already ruled out voting for either Tim Pawlenty or Mitt Romney in both the primary and the general election–I have irreconcilable issues with both–but I do have to admit that I actually agree with Romney’s defense of Romneycare. Being a constitutionalist and a federalist in the original meaning of the term, I believe that because the federal government was not given the authority in the constitution to regulate healthcare that this issue is left up to the states, and because of this Mitt Romney, as the governor of Massachusetts, was free to implement a state version of healthcare reform–which he did. I do not agree with his “solution” to the healthcare problem and I cannot support him because he provided Barack Obama with the roadmap which he followed to implement healthcare mandates on the American people.
The fact that the man who provided Barack Obama with the model for Obamacare is now considered the front-runner for the GOP nomination is baffling to me; how anyone who opposes Obamacare can possibly even consider voting for Mitt Romney is beyond me, but perhaps it is because the primary season hasn’t gotten into full swing yet. I think the term “Obmneycare” is going to stick and I think that it will be too hard for Romney to hide from his past on this issue. I think that Tim Pawlenty has coined the term which will lead to the eventual downfall of Mitt Romney.
I will be watching the debate tomorrow night with great interest to see hos Mitt Romney tries to spin this.
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As opposed to Obama and the Democrats, Romney had no constitutional conflict in passing Romneycare. However, only a big government mentality would do such a thing. We can not support Romney as a viable candidate. I don’t know much about Pawlenty so I would be interested to know why you are down on him. He has certainly been saying all the right things as far as I can tell.
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I agree with you on Romney, while I feel he had the right to do what he did as governor I cannot support his big government solution to the problem. My biggest problem with Pawlenty is his one time support for cap and trade. While he now claims he opposes it I feel as if he holds no true position on the issue and is swaying in the wind depending on which side of the agrument will help him politically. When it was politially expedient he supported it, not that it is not politically expedient he opposes cap and trade. Which is his true position? He also supported the bailouts but now claims that he was simply speaking on behalf of John McCain.
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Other than Pawlenty going off the reservation with Cap and Trade which he now says was a mistake, I have not found him otherwise offensive. I think in the end it will come down to someone who can beat Obama and is the least offensive. 4 more of Zero and we will be traveling by skate Board and living in 60 degree homes..
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There is also his support of the bailouts. He now claims that he opposed the bailouts and was supporting them because McCain did and was only speaking on behalf of the Republican nominee, but it seems to me to be nothing more than backtracking now that he is running for president.
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Two reasons not to like Mitt: Romney Care and Global Warming.
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And those are two pretty powerful reasons.
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Romney said something like: I think man is causing Global Warming but I’m not going to do anything about it… I think. What kind of thing is that to say?
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I guess he was trying to play both sides of the fence, but it seems as if this would anger both sides and gain him nothing.
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I thought Bachmann gave an impressive performance last night… maybe she can VP with Perry?
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I think she did the best last night, I was impressed by her. A Perry/Bachmann ticket would be interesting.
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What Romney has going for him is that Obamacare has yet to be fully implemented. He has time to distance himself before people start to really feel the effects. If he ends up the nominee, what are we going to do? Not show up next year? We’re stuck.
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That is a good point, both ROmney and Obama can hide behind the fact that Obamacare won’t be fully implemented until after the election.
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Mitt Romney will never become President. His flip-flops are flagrant.
How can the ordinary voter trust Romney’s explanations? Who is he? What mask is he wearing today? What mask will he be wearing tomorrow?
http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/09/old-videos-plague-new-mitt-romney/
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During the debate alone he said he would repeal Obamacare and grant states waivers to Obamacare; which is it Mitt?
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