Mitt Romney Ripped By Wall Street Journal

An editorial in the Wall Street Journal was harshly critical of 2012 presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. Cenk Uygur breaks it down.

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The Wall Street Journal's editorial board is painting Mitt Romney as a "compromised and not credible" candidate for president, a harsh blow from the conservative mainstay just hours before Romney delivers a major health care speech.

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"The health reform Mr. Romney passed in 2006 as Massachusetts Governor was the prototype for President Obama's version and gave national health care a huge political boost," the paper says in an editorial this morning. "Mr. Romney now claims ObamaCare should be repealed, but his failure to explain his own role or admit any errors suggests serious flaws both in his candidacy and as a potential President."

Romney is set to address deep-seated conservative skepticism toward the state health care law he enacted during his speech in Michigan today, while also outlining his plans to repeal the federal law. His White House hopes could hinge on a satisfactory tight-rope walk on the issue.

"Like Mr. Obama's reform, RomneyCare was predicated on the illusion that insurance would be less expensive if everyone were covered," the Journal write. "Even if this theory were plausible, it is not true in Massachusetts today.

"In reality, his ostensible liberal allies like the late Ted Kennedy saw an opening to advance their own priorities, and in Mr. Romney they took advantage of a politician who still doesn't seem to understand how government works," the editorial says. "It's no accident that RomneyCare's most vociferous defenders now are in the White House and left-wing media and think tanks. They know what happened, even if he doesn't."

Noting the similarities between Romney's plan and the president's plan, the editorial scoffs that if Romney is unable to change his message on the health care issue, "he might as well try to knock off Joe Biden and get on the Obama ticket."



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[gunvarm]

Ron Paul is my man for 2012!

[Eunoterp]

Ron will actually do something concrete about the rampant banksterism by hamming the crap out of the FED and the IRS.

Dr. Paul will get my vote.

[Michthemitch]

romney SUCKS

[bronwyngriffin1]

@Michthemitch  must be a disgruntled hater

[bronwyngriffin1]

why doesnt wall street want romney? - for the gravy train under romney, wall street will suffer. All Obama mates will have to work for a living instead of living off the american tax payer. This is their propaganda and scare tactics that no one can do a better job than Obama and his Wall Street Administration. As far as healthcare you said in Massachusets it is working well - Obama care that copied romney has flaws. WALL street scared because romney will bring stability and accountability

[Dilekz]

Please for the sake of all the shitty wars in the world. I hate how USA is pusthing the NATO and our european countries to the war in the middle east killing innocent people.

Please Vote for Ron Paul, Greetings from the Netherlands.

[ranathebest1]

Ron Paul is the only hope

[RATIONALMIND001]

His Mormon faith is important to him! God lives on planet Kolob! Candidate for 2012! He wears magic underwear with embroidery on the nipples and thinks the second coming of Jesus is going to be in Missouri! This man is irrational! He cannot be commander in chief of the US military. The only button he should be allowed to put his finger on is a chocolate one! I want rational government! America is in La-la Land if it accepts Biblical stories as factual.

[Michthemitch]

romney SUCKSSSSSSS

[patratelul]

search " "When Mitt Romney Came to Town" " and see how Mitt Romney company buy legal and healthy american bussineses , raid the cash , and then bankrupt them and sack thousands of americans.

[AlfaPegasii]

@BruceBrayne

Ron Paul is what is known as a Libertarian - basically believes that government should be small as possible.... he isn't really a Republican - but he believes that he'd have more luck running as a Republican than as a Libertarian. He has HEAPS of supporters on the Internet - but not many in real life.... they like him because he wants to legalize drugs..

[BruceBrayne]

@AlfaPegasii

Cool, thank you.

Another question :)

What is the big deal about Ron Paul ?

He is like the "white, old" Obama.

Huuuuge promises, but .......

regards from TR