[halyshitzob]

http://www.nationalreview.com/corner...ar-mitt-romney

If I Were President: Obamacare, One Year In

March 22, 2011 8:20 P.M.

By Mitt Romney

If I were president, on Day One I would issue an executive order paving the way for Obamacare waivers to all 50 states. The executive order would direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services and all relevant federal officials to return the maximum possible authority to the states to innovate and design health-care solutions that work best for them.

As I have stated time and again, a one-size-fits-all national plan that raises taxes is simply not the answer. Under our federalist system, the states are “laboratories of democracy.” They should be free to experiment. By the way, what works in one state may not be the answer for another. Of course, the ultimate goal is to repeal Obamacare and replace it with free-market reforms that promote competition and lower health-care costs. But since an outright repeal would take time, an executive order is the first step in returning power to the states.

[retTreftowhexm]

He'll never have the chance. He might win the GOP nomination, but unless he gets Huckabee on the ticket he won't get Evangelicals to turn out for him and if he does bring Huckabee on board, he'll lose independents and moderates with a birther on the ticket.

The GOP has a pretty weak bench headed into 2012, and the pendulum is quickly swinging away from the loudest and most extreme voices that branded the party in 2010.

[assonomaf]

"... return the maximum possible authority to the states to innovate and design health-care solutions that work best for them."

Didn't Pres. Obama challenge all the Governors to do just that a few weeks ago? Why yes, he did, back in February. http://swampland.blogs.time.com/2011...ter-go-for-it/