Happy Anniversary? I Don't Think So, Mitt

Well think about this for a moment?? Would you vote for Mitt who tried something and didn't know it wasn't a good idea,, or for the asswipe who already had the proof it wasn't a good idea but crammed it down America's throat anyway. Mitt or obie wan??? Mitt wins my vote.

Show me proof that Mitt has learned from his disaster and I'll think about it.

As of right now if it were a choice between the two, I'd stay home on election day. I want someone I can vote for, rather than casting my ballot for them in a vote against the other guy.

all you stay a homer guys are gonna put obie wan back in the wh.. congratulations.

In what alternative universe do you find your "Facts"?

On April 12, 2006, MA Gov. Mitt Romney signed Commonwealth Care into law. The universal health care initiative would become Gov. Romney’s signature policy achievement. Five years on, how is that achievement holding up?

Not very well, actually.

Commonwealth Care was supposed to do two things: Increase access to health care, and bring down the cost of health care. It has increased access if you define that as more people paying for health insurance, but costs have gone up dramatically, and wait times to see a medical professional have gone up as well. Cato Institute’s Michael Tanner took at a look at RomneyCare during the ObamaCare debate, and found that:

* Although the state has reduced the number of residents without health insurance, 200,000 people remain uninsured. Moreover, the increase in the number of insured is primarily due to the state’s generous subsidies, not the celebrated individual mandate.
* Health care costs continue to rise much faster than the national average. Since 2006, total state health care spending has increased by 28 percent. Insurance premiums have increased by 8–10 percent per year, nearly double the national average.
* New regulations and bureaucracy are limiting consumer choice and adding to health care costs.
* Program costs have skyrocketed. Despite tax increases, the program faces huge deficits. The state is considering caps on insurance premiums, cuts in reimbursements to providers, and even the possibility of a “global budget” on health care spending—with its attendant rationing.
* A shortage of providers, combined with increased demand, is increasing waiting times to see a physician.

That’s not much of an achievement. Worse still, RomneyCare provided the blueprint for much of what became ObamaCare, which is the most reviled of all of President Obama’s domestic policies among Republican voters — the very voters Romney needs to win the GOP primary. In particular, ObamaCare’s controversial individual mandate is a central feature of Commonwealth Care. President Obama even directly thanked Romney for passing RomneyCare and giving the Democrats some ideas to nationalize.

Mitt Romney brings some firepower to the 2012 fight. He can self-finance and has a talent for raising money. His political organization was probably the most professional on the GOP side in 2008. His record as a businessman and on the US Olympic committee showed that he can take on massive challenges and fix them. So far, though, he hasn’t figured out how to deal with RomneyCare, which was supposed to be his greatest policy victory but after five years has turned out to be his greatest political liability.

As RomneyCare needed a bail out by the Feds, who is going to Bail Out the Feds for ObamaCare?

It's called "the news media."

It helps to remember what happened too. Remember that McCain suspended his campaign after the primaries to deal with the crisis? You remember that, right?

Then you need to read/watch different "news media". The recession started in December of 2007.


no, I remember him talking about suspending his campaign. I also remember TV ads etc...still going while he was in DC with Obama.

Both McCain and Obama have struggled to deal with the real-time challenges of the economic crisis since it emerged on the national political landscape last weekend.

It comes as two new national polls -- including one conducted by the Washington Post -- show McCain slipping in the head-to-head matchup against Barack Obama due in large part to voters' inclination to trust the Illinois senator to solve the financial problems of the country.

That was announced AFTER the fact.
Try this.
The Fix - Behind McCain's Decision to Suspend His Campaign
Dated Sept 24 2008. Note this:


Also this:
So here you see in the WashPost evidence that McCain would likely have won if the crisis, which began after the primaries were over, had not happened.

What evidence do you have to the contrary, asshole?

Oh, I see - you don't know what the fuck you're talking about. Again.

The Recession started in December of 2007. The financial crisis really started developing with Bear Stearns and reached a climax when Lehman collapsed.

I didn't say anything about the start of the financial crisis, which was at any rate a response to the recession. "asshole".