Obama-lite is cute. But it is time for the candidates, on national TV, to call this beast what it really is. SOCIALISM.

The problem is that too many independents and other uninformed voters still see Obama as a good guy. So Obama-lie will not solicit any real reaction from them. But everyone knows exactly what socialism is,

Myself, I went back and forth between Bachmann and Perry in this race. But if the Senator were to take this sort of bold action, I would consider joining the next Santorum wave.

The country’s economy was in bad shape when Dear Leader Obama rode an orgy of sycophantic idolatry to the White House. As was entirely predictable, he then immediately made things dramatically worse, spending his political capital on the foolish Obamacare program,,

I am certain that the reason the economy still is not recovering is the onerous regulations and high taxes imposed by Obamacare. As our nation’s health spirals downward in a cycle of unemployment, undersupply of doctors, and poor quality of care mandated by Obamacare, one can’t help but feel like we are witnessing a modern day socialistic Holocaust of high taxes, excessive regulations, and poor health care.

To nominate the ultimate author of Obamacare, Mitt Romney, would make our side as complicit in this debacle as the Belgians were in enabling Hitler. I’m still undecided between Speaker Gingrich and Senator Santorum, but I thank the senator for his thoughtful discussion of health care and stuff.

Still disappointed you declined to respond to any of the questions posted about your Iran diary, and on the off chance you do read the responses even if you didn’t respond to them.

Granted, I’m sure you get more then enough advice from armchair “political strategists”, most of which is terrible, but honestly even though I disagreed with your ideas on Iran I recommended it because I thought your thoughts should be heard. I won’t be doing the same on this diary – we need more then another attack on Romney. Most posters here do more then a good enough job on that already. What we need is solutions. Let’s face it – Obamacare didn’t happen in a vacuum. Health care in this country was broken well before Obama came into office – and he was elected touting a far more leftist approach then he eventually passed! The question has to be asked – repeal and then what? It’s create that you pushed HSA’s in the past – I’m a happy owner of such an account. That gives you credibility. Now what else do you have – and please say more then “free market solutions”. That phrase could mean just about anything with how much it’s been thrown around. And pushing your solution will automatically make us think about the solution Mitt came up with while he was govt – you don’t need to even attack for us to make that connection.

is the perfect time to leave the race and go back to PA and get a real job. Oh, and you can endorse Newt on the way out the door.

Santorum seems to be repeating the experience of Mike Huckabee, who also couldn’t translate an Iowa win into many significant victories in the subsequent states. This cycle has given critics of Iowa’s prominence a great deal of ammunition, but even if the state’s turnout had been higher and the count had been clear and no ballots had been lost, a definite pattern would remain: The rest of the country just isn’t all that enamored with the candidates Iowa likes best. Perhaps the state’s love of retail politicking and lavish personal attention from candidates is to blame, since candidates obviously can’t duplicate their 99-county tours in subsequent states . . .

Rick – take a cue from Fred….

Senator Santorum was right to bring up Obamacare in the debate and point out that it is THE issue, right after jobs and economy that is number one. it was sad that he had to do it in a pivot on another question. Bad debate questions from the liberal moderators.

It is indeed important to know how and what we will do after Obamacare is repealed. Thanks for giving an answer to that question and for a great answer to the Schaivo question.

the calendar year.

since then, having been downsized out of my career in 2001 at age 49 due to the pervasive ageism in the USA which NOT ONE CANDIDATE EVER talks about, (possibly because politics seems to be perfect job security for the elderly)
I have found the quest for patient-centered health care to be unknown.

just try asking what a procedure will cost. Only dentists will answer.

just try shopping for a competent endocrinologist.

PPACA was a disaster, but only Newt Gingrich seems to actually be offering some solutions to the totally dysfunctional way that medicine is PRACTICED in the USA. altho the whole system is rigged to push legal drugs from Big Pharma.

Now I discover I am in the 3% who have private longterm care insurance, even though I am in the bottom 40% on income. I had a portable LTC plan that I started when I was 40. Now my premium is more than $900 per year, and as I descend closer to poverty, I question why I should be so responsible when 97% of adult Americans are relying on scamming Medicaid for their LTC.

I would be much healthier in France, Germany, or Finland where they have real health care with cost effective outcomes. and it is NOT socialized.
Britain has socialized National Health where the doctors are state employees..

Everybody talks about bringing down the cost of healthcare. One of the biggest costs of healthcare is the paperwork.

Health Savings Accounts allow people to get health care without paperwork (except receipt). No insurance papers to file, no primary care physician to see, and no pre-approvals needed.

Our goal should be that 90% of medical transactions require no insurance form (government or private) to be completed. Instead of nurses working full time on filing out insurance forms–they could see patients. This would drive down costs and increase the quality of care.

Maybe being a doctor would be enjoyeable again. Fewer people want to be doctors because much of the joy of being a doctor has been removed. People become doctors to help people—not fill out paperwork. People become doctors to enjoy a good quality of life—not be told how much they can earn.

I respect what you’ve done as a legislator, and as a candidate. But at this point the only thing you can do in this race is hand the nomination to Romney by splitting votes with Newt. The Republican Party establishment is now trying to use you for just that purpose. They are encouraging you to stay in on the idea that Gingrich will implode and you’ll still have a path to the nomination. That’s impossible. Even if such an “implosion” happens, by that time it will be too late and Romney will already be on his way. The only way he can be stopped is for there to be one conservative candidate opposing him. It has to be Newt. It’s too late for it to be anything else.

You have a run a respectable campaign. Please do not let your ultimate role in this election be handing the nomination to Mitt Romney. Gov. Perry understood the big picture of what’s happening, and he did the right thing. Please follow his lead, and retain the respect and admiration of conservatives.

After tonight’s debate performance he is a plausible nominee.

This ObamaCare is bad, real bad. Just last week my neighbor said ObamaCare saved his life, because it gave him some access to some treatment or whatever. It’s gut wrenching and heartbreaking. And get this, just ’cause of that, he’s gonna betray us and switch his vote! Lifelong Republican at that! I seriously don’t know what this country is coming to, But there’s also good news, someone i went to college with emigrated to Canada, he called himself a health care refugee, cos in his state they sort of blocked ObamaCare. His wive’s Canadian, and they told him his kids would suffer some sort of illness which the Canadians foolishly cover. Good riddance! Let them all go to these commie nations, like Switzerland, and Sweden

I feel very strongly that I should not pay to save my neighbors life! We’re Americans, we don’t save each others life by paying the government! We save each others lives on the battlefield, even if we use government funded guns to do so. In every other matter, we save OUR SELVES.

“The Democrats’ new health care law gives the federal government unprecedented authority to intervene in individuals’ lives.”
This is essentially correct and that is a very, very bad thing. Our government should ONLY intervene in individuals’ lives when it’s about marriage, or about abortion because:
- the government has a sacred duty to clearly state that only certain people can marry each other, who can marry who, but NOT a duty to cure us all. It’s true, neither is in the Constitution, but you just FEEL that the marriage thing SHOULD be in the Constitution.
- government should also clearly tell women that there are limits to what they can do with their bodies. Listen, maybe life starts at conception, who the heck knows? But I know abortion is wrong, I know that for a fact, because that’s how it FEELS: wrong.

It’s much better to let your kid be adopted by rich people who know better what to do with your kids than you do. Infinitely better. I mean, if you’re so irresponsible to get pregnant out of wedlock, it’s probably better to give the kid away to some poor barren woman.

Santorum married an abortionist’s mistress, that’s true, but I forgive him for that. Because by looking at them, you can tell they’re really sorry about that.

You are unqualified for the position. Please get out of the race. You will not win it, thankfully.

and endorse Newt, guess what: it won’t help Newt. In fact, it will hurt him.

Take a look at the crosstabs at page 10 on the latest PPP poll, which has Romney at an 8 point lead: http://www.publicpolicypolling.com/pdf/2011/PPP_Release_FL_128.pdf

Among likely Santorum voters, 27% picked Newt as their second choice, while 43% picked Romney. If Santorum drops out, Romney GAINS votes in Florida.