The Competent Conservative

A good friend of mine posted this article on his Turning Point Financial blog today and I thought it was applicable to what we have been speaking about here.  I would caution folks that, although this administration is rethinking how to sell health care, it will most likely be the same program but with a [...]

Here’s a  thought: For years the Left has told us regarding abortion that women have the unassailable right to do with their body as they please.  “Our bodies, Our Choice,” right?  Now that the Left is demanding that the government be given control of our healthcare, does this mean that they no longer believe in [...]

Another new poll out today has Mitt Romney in the lead again.  This is a very significant poll as it reflects what the rest of them have.  At the bottom of this post I have included links to the rest of the polls.  Notice the polling between Sarah Palin and Barack Obama for 2012, then [...]

SASKATOON — The incoming president of the Canadian Medical Association says this country’s health-care system is sick and doctors need to develop a plan to cure it. Dr. Anne Doig says patients are getting less than optimal care and she adds that physicians from across the country – who will gather in Saskatoon on Sunday [...]

The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Friday shows that 30% of the nation’s voters Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Thirty-eight percent (38%) Strongly Disapprove giving Obama a Presidential Approval Index rating of -8 (see trends). Forty-four percent (44%) of voters now trust Republicans more [...]

Eight things we can do to improve health care without adding to the deficit. • Remove the legal obstacles that slow the creation of high-deductible health insurance plans and health savings accounts (HSAs). • Equalize the tax laws so that employer-provided health insurance and individually owned health insurance have the same tax benefits. • Repeal all state laws [...]

IBS Editorials had this very interesting article out today on how the markets will not let Obamacare survive.  As with the example of Obama’s grandmother, there is always a double standard when it comes to Democrats in Washington and the rest of us. By Lawrence Kudlow It’s hard to know why President Obama said what [...]

Populous Research New Hampshire 2012 Republican Primary Mitt Romney -50% Mike Huckabee -17% Sarah Palin -17% Newt Gingrich -13% Tim Pawlenty -3% Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney leads four other Republican presidential candidates in New Hampshire in an exclusive Now Hampshire/Populus Research poll to be released on Wednesday. Romney, who came in second in the [...]

Mitt Romney hammered President Obama on health care saying he is “going way beyond what the American people think is right, and way beyond what is necessary.”  At the same time, Romney spoke about the MA health plan, he helped put together. Mitt Romney on the National Debate over Obamacare Hugh Hewitt Show HH: Joined [...]

The Massachusetts Model Editorial Massachusetts’s experiment in near universal health care coverage has become a favorite whipping boy for opponents of health care reform. They claim the program is a fiscal disaster and that the whole country will be plunged into a similar disaster if President Obama and Congress’s Democratic leaders have their way. That [...]