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02.24.10 Update: Romney Takes Sides

Romney endorses McCain over J.D. in the Cactus Contest.  Why?  Did McCain dig up some dirt on him in the '08 primary?  Here's what Rush thinks:

I like Mitt Romney, but I think he’s risking his career over a guy, endorsing McCain, who is so out of step with what’s going on right now. McCain’s always conservative when he’s running for reelection in Arizona. The tea parties have produced a wave of conservatism that have swept Republicans-in-name-only aside. I understand Palin endorsing McCain. She’s got no choice. Loyalty, plus if she doesn’t the media will cream her, “Oh, he’s good enough to be president but you won’t endorse him to be Senator?” And it’s understandable Romney would endorse Brown, but I don’t understand Romney endorsing McCain. I just don’t think it’s going to fly. These endorsements are unnecessary. What is there to gain by this? Look, it’s unfortunate, but people are weeding themselves out of the process all the while engaging in this kind of behavior. So in one sense it has a cleansing aspect to it…

This is what I’m telling you now, I tried to say that the Republican Party is trying to fight this off right now, they’re trying to fight off the tea party people. They’re trying to avoid being run over by them. Nobody is willingly going to give up a position of leadership they think they hold and a lot of people, it’s very difficult for people to change their core. Now, again, with Romney endorsing McCain, this is all about the future. This is Romney wanting McCain’s endorsement in 2012 if he runs for president. This is all about Republicans hanging together and this is one of the things that irritates people, especially new arrivals, to what is considered to be the same old politics. It is tone deaf, it’s suicidal, at least it seems to me, but at least you find out where people think things are important early on in a process like this so it’s got its value even though it does make you mad…

Okay, so imagine you got this tent, and we all know that McCain is still ticked off that he didn’t win the presidency, and he’s still ticked off that he had to fight so hard to win the nomination. So 2012 comes along, let’s say McCain loses the Senate run, so now he’s out there really ticked off, and some people just might — just throwing this out there, I’m not trying to convince you of this. I don’t even know if it’s true or even accurate. But maybe they’re just figuring down the road they’d rather have McCain not outside the tent throwing bombs at ‘em, rather have him inside the tent doing whatever he’s doing, I think either way it’s irrelevant because I think you’re right, the era of McCain’s over.

"Getting Jobbed"

Eric Cantor (R-VA) issued the following news release that contrasts the Democrats' $862 billion failed stimulus with the reality faced by millions of Americans.



Here is a list of congressmen that MUST GO for passing the failed stimulus:

1. Adler, John, New Jersey, 3rd 2. Arcuri, Michael A., New York, 24th 3. Baird, Brian, Washington, 3rd 4. Bean, Melissa L., Illinois, 8th 5. Berry, Marion, Arkansas, 1st 6. Bishop Jr., Sanford D., Georgia, 2nd 7. Boccieri, John A., Ohio, 16th 8. Boucher, Rick, Virginia, 9th 9. Carney, Christopher, Pennsylvania, 10th 10. Chandler, Ben, Kentucky, 6th 11. Dahlkemper, Kathy, Pennsylvania, 3rd 12. Driehaus, Steve, Ohio, 1st 13. Etheridge, Bob, North Carolina, 2nd 14. Foster, Bill, Illinois, 14th 15. Giffords, Gabrielle, Arizona, 8th 16. Gordon, Bart, Tennessee, 6th 17. Grayson, Alan, Florida, 8th 18. Hall, John J., New York, 19th 19. Halvorson, Debbie, Illinois, 11th 20. Hill, Baron, Indiana, 9th 21. Hodes, Paul W., New Hampshire, 2nd 22. Kagen, Steve, Wisconsin, 8th 23. Kildee, Dale, Michigan, 5th 24. Kilroy, Mary Jo, Ohio, 15th 25. Kirkpatrick, Ann, Arizona, 1st 26. Klein, Ron , Florida, 22nd 27. Kosmas, Suzanne M., Florida, 24th 28. Kratovil, Jr., Frank M., Maryland, 1st 29. Markey, Betsy, Colorado, 4th 30. McMahon, Michael E., New York, 13th 31. McNerney, Jerry, California, 11th 32. Mitchell, Harry E., Arizona, 5th 33. Mollohan, Alan B., West Virginia, 1st 34. Moore, Dennis, Kansas, 3rd 35. Murphy, Patrick J., Pennsylvania, 8th 36. Murtha, John, Pennsylvania, 12th 37. Oberstar, James L., Minnesota, 8th 38. Ortiz, Solomon P., Texas, 27th 39. Perriello, Tom, Virginia, 5th 40. Pomeroy, Earl, North Dakota, At-Large 41. Rahall, Nick, West Virginia, 3rd 42. Rodriguez, Ciro, Texas, 23rd 43. Salazar, John T., Colorado, 3rd 44. Schauer, Mark, Michigan, 7th 45. Skelton, Ike, Missouri, 4th 46. Snyder, Vic, Arkansas 2nd 47. Space, Zachary T., Ohio, 18th 48. Spratt, John, South Carolina, 5th 49. Stupak, Bart, Michigan, 1st 50. Teague, Harry, New Mexico, 2nd 51. Titus, Dina, Nevada, 3rd 52. Walz, Timothy J., Minnesota, 1st 53. Wilson, Charles A., Ohio, 6th

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Obamacare 2.0 - Three Card Monte

BIG Government takes on big business ... or so it is spun.  The LSM is predictably eating up the latest Obamacare populist sales pitch:

The Obama administration will pitch legislation today that would allow the government to block excessive health insurance rate hikes, an administration official says. FULL STORY 

Meanwhile, the devil is in the details.  This disastrous package includes (see Drudge):

• BACKDOOR FIX: 'Funds will be transferred to the Social Security Trust' if necessary... 
• PRESIDENT'S 'HEALTHCARE' PROPOSAL SUMMARY USES WORD 'TAX' 35 TIMES...
• 'Increase in Fees on Brand Name Pharmaceuticals'... 
• Broaden 'Tax Base for High-Income Taxpayers'... 
• Orders 'Comprehensive Database' On Health Claims... 
• FORCED: 'Raises percent of income assessment that individuals pay if they choose not to become insured'... 

Like the game of three-card monte, the lastest spin on Obamacare 2.0 has only one objective: to trick or lull Americans into accepting government run health care despite overwhelming opposition.  The latest pitch of preventing "excessive health insurance rate hikes" is carefully crafted to persuade people that they need the Government to protect them from “bad” insurance.  However, once the Government dictates what insurance plans must cover (what they must not exclude), there will be dramatic price increases because companies will be forced to give up using their risk-based approach to underwriting, which keeps premiums down.  The private insurance industry will predictably collapse and private healthcare will be finished in America.  The protectionist subterfuge hides the dangers until it is too late.  Read more ...