Could RomneyCare Keep Mitt Romney From Being President?
(Nov. 10) — Republicans across the country have used “ObamaCare” to their advantage: They were vindicated in the midterm elections and undoubtedly will continue their attacks on the president’s health care bill in the lead-up to the 2012 election. But there’s at least one potential Republican presidential candidate who would like for the word to go away: Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor. As governor, Romney reformed his state’s health care system, signing a bill that included an individual mandate, like President Barack Obama’s federal plan. This point is not lost on Obama, who has repeatedly said his bill closely resembles Romney’s. “We thought that if we shaped a bill that wasn’t that different from bills that had previously been introduced by Republicans, including a Republican governor in Massachusetts who’s now running for president, that we would be able to find some common ground there,” Obama said in a “60 Minutes” interview that aired Sunday.
