tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72326922459853853432024-03-04T21:10:18.567-08:00Californians for Mitt RomneyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger192125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-54482718592513466972010-04-13T12:35:00.000-07:002010-04-13T13:09:44.166-07:00DREAM TEAM!Just for kicks and giggles, a look at what could possibly be the Romney administration. At least who I personally would like to see picked. I think the next administration is going to have to filled with All-Stars that can hit the ground running and start reversing the travesty that has hit Washington in the last two years. They are going to need excellent leadership, energy and visibility at every level to be effective. <br /><br />If you have someone like Rudy Giuliani calling a press conference, he has enough clout that the President doesn't need to be there. Same with Sarah Palin or General Petraeus, they can command a room and address the media and make key issues that they are working on the focus of their agencies, without needing the President to spend any political capitol. Larry Elder as White House Press Secretary is just for fun, I know he can handle it because of how he handles the callers into his radio show. It would just be fun to see someone representing a conservative white house who doesn't let the press walk all over him. <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">THE CABINET:</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWZ7zIC15kv35WIoVvTg0POkLKvke0bMIL-JR_3fsNydo47Sn5ZYUfwGZLO5euDce58IkZ648Q2dq0XYOCDX_FqmcJngeQFJBLcoKZ3lPTH8x2cEAArAaFU_XuxSjQhPYkcgc1QnxjuDz/s1600/mittgone.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnWZ7zIC15kv35WIoVvTg0POkLKvke0bMIL-JR_3fsNydo47Sn5ZYUfwGZLO5euDce58IkZ648Q2dq0XYOCDX_FqmcJngeQFJBLcoKZ3lPTH8x2cEAArAaFU_XuxSjQhPYkcgc1QnxjuDz/s320/mittgone.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459712403907473570" /></a><br /><br /><br />The President: Mitt Romney<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EE4J4ikuhSa-7cJZeMGtwWDoyfkE25bYqpnnA8SbHWm65cN_V0V7mcaYi92af5mVAr9NMyrLWXw9J500XtkorbwkotBz8SgPUDtWjeqq0medjCgyjv_j7AYCp-9HPIuuLU-VplrhU_5C/s1600/a4s_MARCO_RUBIO0412_116505c.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 242px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6EE4J4ikuhSa-7cJZeMGtwWDoyfkE25bYqpnnA8SbHWm65cN_V0V7mcaYi92af5mVAr9NMyrLWXw9J500XtkorbwkotBz8SgPUDtWjeqq0medjCgyjv_j7AYCp-9HPIuuLU-VplrhU_5C/s320/a4s_MARCO_RUBIO0412_116505c.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459712528004569506" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br />Vice President: Marco Rubio<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbwcMCQz7k12KaZEAgkdPCwyv4Slmqouz8zMhPp5OiM7iiGuM7r0hbIJD2DZx6IeSN4H4G0ROZx8ZyK0P2UKKAIw4BoMkHtNsAiPre1VfzxBIHT1Ubv33imfpttQ-1lOvNObtjraQiVEr/s1600/kszhex-b78572134z.120091111224427000gblkp1rd.2.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzbwcMCQz7k12KaZEAgkdPCwyv4Slmqouz8zMhPp5OiM7iiGuM7r0hbIJD2DZx6IeSN4H4G0ROZx8ZyK0P2UKKAIw4BoMkHtNsAiPre1VfzxBIHT1Ubv33imfpttQ-1lOvNObtjraQiVEr/s320/kszhex-b78572134z.120091111224427000gblkp1rd.2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459713347309681810" /></a><br /><br /><br />White House Press Secretary: Larry Elder<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwTkfgf83qMU13y2Z9v80W65fvr00XShsdSw_jOqf_vOxbaW2eCsnwLxn7JgDvl1uyi18CZyvOPpEH_zllQW_VNRUb1o5ZWTTj1cQs_ABekjTBUz_32DNYAV0apSEFW523D1AFx5oQdWM/s1600/bolton_pays.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigwTkfgf83qMU13y2Z9v80W65fvr00XShsdSw_jOqf_vOxbaW2eCsnwLxn7JgDvl1uyi18CZyvOPpEH_zllQW_VNRUb1o5ZWTTj1cQs_ABekjTBUz_32DNYAV0apSEFW523D1AFx5oQdWM/s320/bolton_pays.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459713503226426498" /></a><br /><br />Secretary of State: John Bolton<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONy_t1zo7lMHZkzhBVVtK1ODxt-pt0j_RM_8EereEveHrFjpAF-_jF1-rihPjhIyBuP6NAEcwoHLbUxCxTx_LT19K2bE2w2uQWKVEqgC7SQ3y7s6jPKZjmnPKvKF2ng08Ei6h8pTnCUZ9/s1600/sarah_palin_ap.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 239px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjONy_t1zo7lMHZkzhBVVtK1ODxt-pt0j_RM_8EereEveHrFjpAF-_jF1-rihPjhIyBuP6NAEcwoHLbUxCxTx_LT19K2bE2w2uQWKVEqgC7SQ3y7s6jPKZjmnPKvKF2ng08Ei6h8pTnCUZ9/s320/sarah_palin_ap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459713647684069122" /></a><br /><br />Secretary of Energy: Sarah Palin<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxF2hcfj4sSqfs3v4ri2ozDMXceTPvEcluWIUrRMIdWCmiqZ8GToiSn8jKmzNWu42VoHz7MW20cjliob_lNOM-I_r62hZd3ZU06Yhcg8xJ-wdfIRcQvAQWOJprHHLutaK3vxpGqiqp-qZm/s1600/antrudy-giuliani-picture-3.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 246px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxF2hcfj4sSqfs3v4ri2ozDMXceTPvEcluWIUrRMIdWCmiqZ8GToiSn8jKmzNWu42VoHz7MW20cjliob_lNOM-I_r62hZd3ZU06Yhcg8xJ-wdfIRcQvAQWOJprHHLutaK3vxpGqiqp-qZm/s320/antrudy-giuliani-picture-3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459713765559498306" /></a><br /><br /><br />Attorney General: Rudy Giuliani<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfx3p4TA7mlRH1glTFRN6RFX5TsIbNcfMBPsfih1cQ0YqWwWRp3mThkUxYSHHBbZ-czQPDIddfwGT9oikCQ_a8sc4-FJ-bHqKoaaOAhTk8SIQvo_skGQLQinetF3cs_IcMxyuHnQx799x/s1600/Petraeus.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 281px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdfx3p4TA7mlRH1glTFRN6RFX5TsIbNcfMBPsfih1cQ0YqWwWRp3mThkUxYSHHBbZ-czQPDIddfwGT9oikCQ_a8sc4-FJ-bHqKoaaOAhTk8SIQvo_skGQLQinetF3cs_IcMxyuHnQx799x/s320/Petraeus.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459713904870739378" /></a><br /><br />Secretary of Defense: General Petraeus<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6f-Jkq3Z6L7mTtOEdycbjAh6Q6CSripvg65OyCHYD0yyzX5ejkxDGqfGC46mA6jU233dT1nwSCHd0TkrVaDnrNRpX4c70UD6yg_CCHoW3k3M1XzBsaWMMDLfYuQUb3c-E3eNjuQZ64eV/s1600/DuncanHunter.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 253px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH6f-Jkq3Z6L7mTtOEdycbjAh6Q6CSripvg65OyCHYD0yyzX5ejkxDGqfGC46mA6jU233dT1nwSCHd0TkrVaDnrNRpX4c70UD6yg_CCHoW3k3M1XzBsaWMMDLfYuQUb3c-E3eNjuQZ64eV/s320/DuncanHunter.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459714081455115442" /></a><br /><br />Department of Homeland Security Director: Duncan Hunter<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5rVMhjKUGPkgVF1TS0L2Oqd4RrScbl-TNKDpwUpXL_olB3im3nk2_XrdYHtHXZGmwVzjDWfSYvN7nFwjkCzfuYeKig8a_nOeZTJA2kqkAKmy2OrcdCup0PWGHAFEptj7zPv2m-kM1hO2/s1600/hermancain.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl5rVMhjKUGPkgVF1TS0L2Oqd4RrScbl-TNKDpwUpXL_olB3im3nk2_XrdYHtHXZGmwVzjDWfSYvN7nFwjkCzfuYeKig8a_nOeZTJA2kqkAKmy2OrcdCup0PWGHAFEptj7zPv2m-kM1hO2/s320/hermancain.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459714223207123058" /></a><br /><br />Treasury Secretary: Herman Cain<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi084spk_5HR9W7VsPM8KUuxOvsiupP-9-_pb8obRot1KR6bv64Nys3aG5ppctY9JS5WacVCrJhv5Iu8ZjjV7V1D8vCZGuntZdQg-fRT_NAbuRj9Oo5z9PW92MtDYC704QQof9c-D6zwww-/s1600/watts_jc_2007.jpg"><img style="float:center; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 192px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi084spk_5HR9W7VsPM8KUuxOvsiupP-9-_pb8obRot1KR6bv64Nys3aG5ppctY9JS5WacVCrJhv5Iu8ZjjV7V1D8vCZGuntZdQg-fRT_NAbuRj9Oo5z9PW92MtDYC704QQof9c-D6zwww-/s320/watts_jc_2007.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459714427540250450" /></a><br /><br />Secretary of Education: J.C. WattsUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-7445481225026034482010-02-27T15:13:00.000-08:002010-02-27T15:22:21.657-08:00Congress woman Holmes-Norton grills Thai-yoda on her Camry!<embed src='http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf' FlashVars='linkUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6239679n&tag=api&releaseURL=http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf&videoId=50084094,50084154,50084139,50084138,50084137,50084134&partner=news&vert=News&si=254&autoPlayVid=false&name=cbsPlayer&allowScriptAccess=always&wmode=transparent&embedded=y&scale=noscale&rv=n&salign=tl' allowFullScreen='true' width='425' height='324' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed><br/><a href='http://www.cbsnews.com'>Watch CBS News Videos Online</a><br /><br />Among the problems I have with this congress woman's "grilling" of the head of Toyota are this:<br /><br />1) How many members of Congress have the background or would ever be capable of running a successful multi-billion dollar international company like Toyota?<br /><br />2) Of those how many of them would ever accept full responsibility for something that happened in their company?<br /><br />3) Of those how many of them would be willing to fly to Japan and testify before the Japanese parliment, and speak to them in Japanese to show respect?<br /><br />I thought so. <br /><br /><br />http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6239679n&tag=apiUnknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-29357731817473432652010-02-21T01:08:00.001-08:002010-02-21T01:09:33.945-08:00Mitt Romney Book Tour Dates!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R1ranK5mcoiYVsg7QUKcThMubIyv-kXz_ddSDunhOJK0RmVWBqpL62JJcWwsnTKQGL_0mruZF0c_iowZOqLhX-m58WXqQpP1Sd85Q_gekK15z8m0UjhdvX6gnFixPRBbEBjre6acVKLq/s1600-h/Romney-Tour-Map-e1266659994867.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 221px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2R1ranK5mcoiYVsg7QUKcThMubIyv-kXz_ddSDunhOJK0RmVWBqpL62JJcWwsnTKQGL_0mruZF0c_iowZOqLhX-m58WXqQpP1Sd85Q_gekK15z8m0UjhdvX6gnFixPRBbEBjre6acVKLq/s400/Romney-Tour-Map-e1266659994867.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440621336811101234" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-43481587754421833832010-02-21T01:04:00.000-08:002010-02-21T01:07:36.751-08:00Mitt Romney's Speech at CPAC 2010!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7d8lBQ9xq8reVwSMsuElzViZIbritsM5VPc_UB-MSqyvxPw4fmD0HnVHIbGfd4CPjZoNpXPqp-ZNklYcJVs05dOky5C-WqALfUHBoUSKc4By9KvcCvwQd7bQ62R31Pz7D9M76Fdw5Xx0/s1600-h/MittRomneyCPAC.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl7d8lBQ9xq8reVwSMsuElzViZIbritsM5VPc_UB-MSqyvxPw4fmD0HnVHIbGfd4CPjZoNpXPqp-ZNklYcJVs05dOky5C-WqALfUHBoUSKc4By9KvcCvwQd7bQ62R31Pz7D9M76Fdw5Xx0/s400/MittRomneyCPAC.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440620839593260754" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20KR5t4s4zU">VIDEO OF THE SPEECH!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-27255371626923216182010-02-21T00:50:00.000-08:002010-02-21T01:00:17.126-08:00The more things change the more they stay the same!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOphPajLl2BHYjEeHAIdiPnN1TfN7SDuqzMqWI0JFwE2OWVi5huhIEv2D4DL36HJBsTKIcm08jSa-5HN0xN0WogBtDoZZSp6Nl_RBt6FL9RjQqCIB5gumD11pRxoaNdsD21aTfJKDlwZq1/s1600-h/Ronald+Reagan+1680x1050-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOphPajLl2BHYjEeHAIdiPnN1TfN7SDuqzMqWI0JFwE2OWVi5huhIEv2D4DL36HJBsTKIcm08jSa-5HN0xN0WogBtDoZZSp6Nl_RBt6FL9RjQqCIB5gumD11pRxoaNdsD21aTfJKDlwZq1/s400/Ronald+Reagan+1680x1050-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5440617864631322066" /></a><br /><br /><br />Listened to Ronald Reagan's inaugural address from 1980. Mitt Romney could give this exact same speech word for word in 2012, and every word would still be relevant. Government spending is still out of control, taxes are still too high, America will not yield to terrorists, etc. <br /><br />Powerful words, by <a href="http://www.freeinfosociety.com/media.php?id=3928">the Gipper</a>. You gotta love it.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-27579584236482354222009-08-21T03:09:00.000-07:002009-08-21T03:13:46.651-07:00Mitt Romney on CBS Early Morning<embed src='http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf' FlashVars='linkUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5254493n&releaseURL=http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf&videoId=50075937,50075948,50075947,50075946,50075945,50075944,50075943&partner=news&vert=News&autoPlayVid=false&name=cbsPlayer&allowScriptAccess=always&wmode=transparent&embedded=y&scale=noscale&rv=n&salign=tl' allowFullScreen='true' width='425' height='324' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed><br/><a href='http://www.cbs.com'>Watch CBS Videos Online</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-48806159818860870962009-06-24T15:47:00.000-07:002009-06-24T15:48:08.984-07:00Romney to Obama: Stay Out of the Insurance Biz<embed src='http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf' FlashVars='linkUrl=http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=5108921n&releaseURL=http://cnettv.cnet.com/av/video/cbsnews/atlantis2/player-dest.swf&videoId=50073538,50073540,50073533,50073543,50073542,50073537&partner=news&vert=News&autoPlayVid=false&name=cbsPlayer&allowScriptAccess=always&wmode=transparent&embedded=y&scale=noscale&rv=n&salign=tl' allowFullScreen='true' width='425' height='324' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'></embed><br/><a href='http://www.cbs.com'>Watch CBS Videos Online</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-78786728226546604122009-06-23T00:25:00.000-07:002009-06-23T00:27:35.887-07:00Better Health Care?<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/uGPumAMkn_0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/uGPumAMkn_0&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowScriptAccess="always" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />New Ad from the <a href="http://www.galen.org">Galen Institute</a>, the link to their website has been added on the right. It's an institute that promotes free market solutions for the health care industry. Good stuff!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-86263428553421613292009-06-09T15:06:00.000-07:002009-06-09T15:12:00.253-07:00The answer is unleashing markets-not government<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://stopsocialism.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/healthcare072007.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 524px; height: 385px;" src="http://stopsocialism.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/healthcare072007.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br /><br />Newsweek<br /><br />By Mitt Romney<br /> <br />I hear loud and clear from people in my state, and from across the country, what they want to see in health care. They want it to cost less, have the highest quality and see that it extends to all Americans—even when they lose their job or when they're sick. Republicans agree. So do Democrats. Where we disagree is how to get the job done.<br /> <br />Our divide is fundamental: Republicans believe health care can be best guided by consumers, physicians and markets; Democrats believe government would do better. Some Democrats would have government buy health care for us; set the rates for doctors, hospitals and medicines; and decide what medical treatment we would be entitled to receive for each illness. If you liked the HMOs of the '80s, you'd love government-run health care.<br /> <br />Democrats have been winning. When President Lyndon Johnson signed the Medicaid bill, he estimated it would cost $500 million. Today, it costs $500 billion. Politicians have expanded government coverage to more and more people. They propose that we adopt European-style, government-financed health care. But, in some respects, they've already gotten us there: the government now spends more per citizen on health care than do the governments of France, Germany, the United Kingdom or Sweden.<br /> <br />But government can't match consumers and markets when it comes to lowering cost, improving quality and boosting productivity. Compare the U.S. Postal Service with UPS and Federal Express. Stack North Korea against South Korea.<br /> <br />The right answer for health care is to apply more market force, not less. Here's how:<br /> <br />1. Get everyone insured. Help low-income households retain or purchase private insurance with a tax credit, voucher or coinsurance. Use the tens of billions we now give hospitals for free care to instead help people buy and keep their own private insurance. For the uninsured who can afford insurance but expect to be given free care at the hospital, require them to either pay for their own care or buy insurance; if they do neither, they would forgo the tax credit or lose a deduction. No more "free riders."<br /> <br />This is the basic plan I proposed in Massachusetts. It has worked: 360,000 previously uninsured citizens now have private health insurance. The total number of uninsured has been reduced by almost 75 percent. The Massachusetts plan costs the state more than expected, largely because the legislature has been unwilling to further reduce state payments to hospitals for free care. The costs should be brought in line by eliminating these payments, by requiring sustainable copremiums and by removing coverage mandates (for example, every policy is now required to include unlimited in vitro fertilization procedures).<br /><br />2. Make health insurance affordable and portable. Eliminate the tax discrimination against consumers who purchase insurance on their own. This, plus getting everyone insured, will sharply lower insurance costs (in Massachusetts, the premium for a single male has declined by almost 50 percent). The result: Americans wouldn't have to worry that their insurance would be unaffordable or canceled if they changed or lost a job.<br /><br />3. Give people an incentive to care how expensive and how good their health-care treatment will be. Learn from the French and Swiss experience with coinsurance, where the insured pays a given percent of the entire bill, up to some upper limit. Unlike a deductible, where there is no cost to the insured once a threshold has been reached, coinsurance means that the insured continues to care about cost.<br /><br />4. Provide citizens with information about the cost and quality of providers and the effectiveness of alternative treatments. This transparency, when it's combined with a meaningful personal financial incentive, will help health care work more like a consumer market.<br /><br />5.Reform Medicare and Medicaid, likewise applying market principles to lower cost and improve patient care.<br /><br />6. Center reforms at the state level. Open the door to state plans designed to meet the various needs of their citizens. Before imposing a one-size-fits-all federal program, let the states serve as "the laboratories of democracy."<br /><br />Republicans have introduced bills in Washington that promote these and other consumer-driven policies. In every one, the patient and doctor guide care, not the government—and that makes all the difference.<br /><br />Romney is a former governor of Massachusetts.<br /><br />© 2009Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-45008593974429445812009-06-09T14:59:00.000-07:002009-06-09T15:03:21.518-07:00Obama, hold apology. World owes U.S. thanks.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://z.about.com/d/history1900s/1/0/r/D/mauthausen16.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 480px; height: 333px;" src="http://z.about.com/d/history1900s/1/0/r/D/mauthausen16.jpg" border="0" alt="" /></a><br /><br />Women and children survivors in Mauthausen speak to an American liberator through a barbed wire fence.<br /><br /><br />Romney Op-Ed: Obama, hold apology. World owes U.S. thanks.<br /><br />Boston Herald<br /><br />By Mitt Romney<br /><br />Just a few days from now, we will mark the 65th anniversary of D-Day. I’m sure some of you have been to Normandy. I have. I saw the acre upon acre of crosses and stars that mark the resting place of those who gave the last full measure of devotion to their country’s cause. They were sent by an awakened American nation to liberate a continent. In the shadow of World War II’s desolation, they resolutely shouldered the burden of defending freedom.<br /><br />That burden did not end with that war. Because of what America did in the 20th century, there are hundreds of millions of people around the world who now live in freedom - who, but for the price paid by the United States, would have lived in despair. I know of no other such example of national selflessness. That is why America is the hope of the earth.<br /><br />That is also why I take issue with President Barack Obama’s recent tour of apology. It’s not because America hasn’t made mistakes - we have - but because America’s mistakes are overwhelmed by what America has meant to the hopes and aspirations of people throughout the world.<br /><br />The president claimed on Arabic TV that America has dictated to other nations. No, America has sacrificed to free other nations from dictators. With all that is transpiring in the world - in Iran, North Korea, Georgia, Somalia, Iraq, Pakistan and Afghanistan - this is the time for strength and confidence, not for apologizing to America’s critics.<br /><br />North Korea has made it clear that it is not only intent on perfecting nuclear weapons, but it is contemptuous of the concerns of the U.S. and the world at large. They executed their nuclear test to coincide with Memorial Day. The on-again, off-again talks have been nothing but stalling maneuvers. While diplomats celebrate yet another agreement, North Korea continues down the nuclear path Kim Jong-Il has long pursued.<br /><br />Tyrants can not be stopped by earnest words and furrowed brows. Action, strong bold action coming from a position of strength and determination, is the only effective deterrent.<br /><br />It is time to apply comprehensive, regime-crippling sanctions to North Korea. Assets should be seized; international financial capabilities terminated. North Korea should be recategorized as a state sponsor of terror. And, most importantly, the president should reverse his recent decisions and support completing our ballistic missile defense system.<br /><br />Missile defense is a non-nuclear, entirely defensive system designed to protect not just America but the world from a catastrophic attack. Yet the president plans to cut the missile defense budget by 15 percent, cut funding for missile defense sites in Europe by 80 percent and reduce the number of planned interceptors in Alaska. That is a grave miscalculation, given the provocations from North Korea, Iran’s near-nuclear status, Pakistan’s instability and the complete failure of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.<br /><br />Rarely in history has any development carried such awful possibilities as a nuclear-armed missile in the hands of evil men. And rarely in history has any program had the promise to do more good or spare more suffering than a system of missile defense. This is too big an issue for ideology or politics to prevail over national security.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-78047789456003982472009-06-09T14:53:00.000-07:002009-06-09T14:54:06.481-07:00Mitt Romney on TODAY (6/3)<div><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/31079986#31079986" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe><p style="font-size:11px; font-family:Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #999; margin-top: 5px; background: transparent; text-align: center; width: 425px;">Visit msnbc.com for <a style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;" href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com">Breaking News</a>, <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032507" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">World News</a>, and <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032072" style="text-decoration:none !important; border-bottom: 1px dotted #999 !important; font-weight:normal !important; height: 13px; color:#5799DB !important;">News about the Economy</a></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-1014608801466739232009-05-18T13:42:00.001-07:002009-05-18T13:42:16.182-07:00No, Mr. President: John Piper's Response to President Obama on Abortion<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/O68MByaMVdM' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/O68MByaMVdM'/></object></p><p>Great excerpt! </p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-48343940911204824092009-04-11T09:53:00.001-07:002009-04-11T09:53:22.757-07:00Introducing the Government-Backed DMV Automotive Repair Center!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/fi9XCpSYJbY' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/fi9XCpSYJbY'/></object></p><p>Another good one from reason.tv</p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-70600912831952653402009-04-10T19:00:00.001-07:002009-04-10T19:00:18.573-07:00W-2 WTF?!?!: Tax Facts to Make Your Head Explode!<div xmlns='http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml'><p><object height='350' width='425'><param value='http://youtube.com/v/Gv4OeKmWjOI' name='movie'/><embed height='350' width='425' type='application/x-shockwave-flash' src='http://youtube.com/v/Gv4OeKmWjOI'/></object></p><p>It's time for real "change". </p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-24980966359386318792009-01-16T14:19:00.000-08:002009-01-16T14:32:48.475-08:00Romney on CNBC<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_eNuIe0r3vBEvZG843sMOh0z5m8hosAIYTGRBjHqznqLNqMc_nLkQd18XwTWN9XfWuEb7Ps48gAvdWf2OGWp1sY2mQDF8hLWdlRQG3uFyp26fJCVTvOsXPbu1-RcCnK9gtKepXEFcM_h/s1600-h/Romney_mitt_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju_eNuIe0r3vBEvZG843sMOh0z5m8hosAIYTGRBjHqznqLNqMc_nLkQd18XwTWN9XfWuEb7Ps48gAvdWf2OGWp1sY2mQDF8hLWdlRQG3uFyp26fJCVTvOsXPbu1-RcCnK9gtKepXEFcM_h/s400/Romney_mitt_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292022963986110786" /></a><br /><br />CNBC.com<br />Mitt Romney<br />Tax cuts are the most effective tool to boost the economy, said Mitt Romney on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” <br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"Just mailing consumers a check and say go out and buy something... It's pretty obvious; businesses are not going to add employees and expand production for one or two month bli</span>p,” the former Republican presidential candidate said.<br /><br />According to Romney, tax breaks increase individual and company spending power more effectively.<br /><br />Middle income Americans should not have to pay taxes on dividends, interest or capital gains, Romney went on to say. “That gives them more money in their pocket and greater incentive to put more money into their investments,” he said.<br /><br />Romney, a former governor of Masssachusetts, also advocated reducing the government funding to entitlement programs like Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">"The right answer here is not to take a larger and larger share of America's wallet for government," he said. "It is finally to live within our means and rein in the excessive obligations that government has burdened the American people with.”</span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=999344598">WATCH THE VIDEO!</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-72774046732716518482008-12-21T20:13:00.000-08:002008-12-21T20:14:53.918-08:00ACT NOW by Mitt RomneyThis article appeared in the National Review Online on Dec. 19th.<br /><br />A Republican Stimulus Plan<br />Act now. <br /><br />By Mitt Romney<br /><br />What is Washington waiting for? The inauguration is less than five weeks away: At the rate we’ve been going, another 500,000 jobs will be lost by then. The downward spiral is deepening and accelerating: Congress and the president must act now. <br /><br />American families have lost about $11 trillion in net worth as securities and home values have plummeted. This translates into about $400 billion less annual consumer spending, net of government safety-net funding. Exports won’t grow to make this up, as the dollar has strengthened with investors worldwide clamoring for its relative security. Investments won’t make up the gap either, as bank loans and secondary-market financing have shrunk and as fresh equity is virtually non-existent.<br /><br />So this is surely the time for economic stimulus. But — and this is the crucial point — the government can’t just make itself bigger and more oppressive in the guise of stimulating the economy. That would make matters worse. Nor should we forget that fiscal stimulus is but one part of the solution. As Christina Romer, Barack Obama’s designee as chairperson of the Council of Economic Advisors concluded from her study of the Great Depression, bad monetary policy was its greatest cause and good monetary policy was its most effective cure. The Fed should continue to expand the money supply. And, it should confirm that it will not tolerate deflation — the pain of inflation pales in comparison.<br /><br />That being said, a stimulus plan is needed without further delay, and there are some things that Republicans should insist on.<br /><br />The first is that tax cuts are part of the solution. Harvard professor and economist Greg Mankiw points out that recent research confirms that tax cuts have a greater multiplier effect than new spending — more economic bang for the federal buck. We should lower tax rates for middle-income families and eliminate their tax on savings altogether — no tax on interest, dividends or capital gains. Let’s also align our corporate tax rate with those of competing nations. These actions will rapidly expand consumption and investment, and right now, time is of the essence. <br /><br />On the spending front, infrastructure projects should be a high priority. But because infrastructure projects involve engineering, environmental studies, permitting and contracting, they can take a long time to actually boost the economy. Spending to refurbish and modernize our military equipment is urgently needed, and it has a more immediate impact on the economy. A great deal of our armament was damaged or lost in the Middle East, and the rest is long overdue for maintenance.<br /><br />We should also invest to free us from our dependence on foreign oil, not by playing venture capitalist, but by funding basic research in renewables, material science, combustion, nuclear reprocessing, and the like. During the 2008 campaign, virtually every candidate agreed on the need for an “Apollo-like mission” to achieve energy independence. Now is the time to start.<br /><br />Cities and states will clamor for government dollars. Like the Big Three automakers, states should first take advantage of the downturn to do some needed cost cutting and restructuring. State employee numbers, pensions, and health-insurance premium sharing — as well as duplicate and ineffective agencies and programs — should be high on the hit list. State budgets should be brought in line with those of the most efficient of their comparables. And the federal government should look to ease the burden of mandates on states, like Medicaid. <br /><br />Republicans should also lay down a gauntlet: All new spending projects should be selected by the responsible federal agency according to published criteria, not by congresspersons and senators based upon favors and politics. Republicans should commit to vote no on any stimulus bill with earmarks that have not been voted upon by their entire body.<br /><br />There is a danger that new spending and deficits will lead to runaway inflation, flight from the dollar, and another economic crisis. It is essential, therefore, that Congress and the president commit to reform entitlement spending as soon as the economy recovers. With the footing of our long term economy at risk, with entitlements already reaching 60 percent of federal spending and with baby boomers nearing retirement, this can be delayed no longer.<br /><br />We must also be careful to avoid burdening the economy with excessive regulation in response to the need to reform regulatory oversight of the financial sector. Going too far could cripple the entire industry, further tightening the credit markets. And we should make it clear that Washington will not act to virtually impose unions on small business by eliminating the right of workers to vote by secret ballot in the workplace. This “card check” payback for the AFL-CIO’s support of the Democrats would devastate business formation and employment. <br /><br />The Democrats may want to wait for Obama, but the country needs action now. Republicans can — and must — play an important role in shaping a stimulus bill that makes sense for America and lays a foundation for future prosperity and growth.<br /><br />— Mitt Romney is the former governor of Massachusetts.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-8558699539202622192008-12-16T11:26:00.000-08:002008-12-16T11:28:16.118-08:00Romney vs Granholm on Auto Bailout!From the <a href="http://www.freep.com/article/20081215/BUSINESS01/812150382/1014/BUSINESS01">Detroit Free Press.</a><br /><br /><iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/28221702#28221702" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-16485475448672218982008-12-12T22:18:00.000-08:002008-12-12T22:21:34.673-08:00Romney: Bailout is not the solution<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXmyuaY7bvjVI7KlvXJh5NkG49_eu78Qiz41d4zm7g6HUnE7LIrzHwprv2s85sPB8i7TRZ4rhrJz5LTEw6fdz4Jl5pVpxwkQLGfP5EGBf96w-5jGG8zXkBu8sF5qprWmKKT5Tg4QrbRQa/s1600-h/0_61_320_121008_greta_mitt.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsXmyuaY7bvjVI7KlvXJh5NkG49_eu78Qiz41d4zm7g6HUnE7LIrzHwprv2s85sPB8i7TRZ4rhrJz5LTEw6fdz4Jl5pVpxwkQLGfP5EGBf96w-5jGG8zXkBu8sF5qprWmKKT5Tg4QrbRQa/s400/0_61_320_121008_greta_mitt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279155491359024930" /></a><br /><br />From <a href="http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,465286,00.html">FOXNEW</a>S:<br /><br /><blockquote><span style="font-weight:bold;">VAN SUSTEREN:</span> I think, you know, most Americans, you know, do want to see the auto industry, you know, survive and (INAUDIBLE) because it has so much -- there's so many collateral effects to it, as well. No one wants to see people tossed out of jobs. The big question tonight is the House -- the House now has passed this bill. It's still got to go to the Senate. Are you in favor of giving or lending the auto industry $15 billion now, telling them to come back in January with a plan for restructuring, or do you think that this should first -- that this would be better off going to a bankruptcy court for restructuring?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">ROMNEY:</span> Well, the preference is to make sure that there is a restructuring because if you've got a $2,000 per car cost disadvantage, the American domestic manufacturers are not going to be able to compete either with the transplants -- those are the foreign guys who come and build factories here -- or with imports. And so you're going to have to see that restructuring.<br /><br />If the car czar, which exists in the current bill -- and I haven't read the current bill, so I can't be too specific in that regard. But if that car czar doesn't have the authority to actually reduce the costs in the industry and make these companies competitive, then we will just be throwing good money after bad.<br /><br />And the right thing to do here is to make sure that we do restructure these costs. That happens in bankruptcy. There are some down sides in bankruptcy, too. They could be alleviated by government participating in the process, either through a pre-packaged bankruptcy, they call it, where you agree to terms beforehand, go through bankruptcy to dot the I's and cross the T's. Or it could be done through a special piece of legislation, giving -- giving this car czar real authority.<br /><br />We did that in our state, for instance. Our third largest city, Springfield, got in severe financial distress. The legislature and we worked together to put a control board in place. We gave support to the city, but we were able to open up the contracts, make them reasonable and save the institution.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-73337341505297398052008-11-23T10:34:00.000-08:002008-11-23T10:43:42.336-08:00Romney campaigns for Chambliss!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqHI-NwJqPvzoz6PH1nEjmq2ff6Wl3HHKcawwG_oRJ-wXt4T1BmqEhg-wvt8Z7NTEA2mXU2_v-HTIMjlaMp6TnPVnjkDHpeoynFSQDi32wceLPIk9ZEcJYC-rfngeO1gp5YEB2sR14RB4/s1600-h/capt.cdc68dbb5c194c20917f7c7b603d9a87.georgia_senate__gajb102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 313px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsqHI-NwJqPvzoz6PH1nEjmq2ff6Wl3HHKcawwG_oRJ-wXt4T1BmqEhg-wvt8Z7NTEA2mXU2_v-HTIMjlaMp6TnPVnjkDHpeoynFSQDi32wceLPIk9ZEcJYC-rfngeO1gp5YEB2sR14RB4/s400/capt.cdc68dbb5c194c20917f7c7b603d9a87.georgia_senate__gajb102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5271925477413191762" /></a><br /><br />ATLANTA (MyFOX Atlanta) -- Former Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney is in Georgia Friday to help rally support for Saxby Chambliss. <br /><br />Chambliss is the incumbent United States senator from Georgia who is in a run-off election against Jim Martin.<br /><br />Saxby Chambliss and Jim Martin are in a high-stakes race for the U.S. Senate and have called several high profile names to encourage voters to return to the polls, including John McCain, Bill Clinton, Mike Huckabee, and Al Gore. <br /><br />“Now, it’s time to make sure that we send this man back to the Senate. That we get him working on the challenges we face. That he keeps America strong. That he keeps America free. That he keeps America’s economy growing and striving to make sure we have a bright future. It’s time to reelect once and for all Saxby Chambliss," said Romney.<br /><br />A win for Chambliss or Martin is crucial for the balance of power in the U.S. Senate. <br /><br />If Martin and democrat Al Franken from Minnesota win, then the democrats would have 60 seats in the Senate, which would ultimately eliminate the republican filibuster.<br /><br />http://www.myfoxatlanta.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=7917988&version=2&locale=EN-US&layoutCode=TSTY&pageId=3.2.1Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-80579591401093519652008-11-19T14:18:00.000-08:002008-11-19T14:19:10.755-08:00Romney on Morning Joe (MSNBC)<iframe height="339" width="425" src="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22425001/vp/27801735#27801735" frameborder="0" scrolling="no"></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-11091306251969721932008-11-18T21:00:00.000-08:002008-11-19T08:56:43.575-08:00Let Detroit Go Bunkrupt!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaS4jrgJ-iEr7piLbXPqCuwfha-VXo93G0t_gHVJ-8n6rE5s8WP02rQ0gtAFFe5efMpgCXcSQgYHhn7VB-iSzSXI5vSWmpZP9_4mnrwuzQowR_qAb_gNLoSVPJ3trDdfvLFYLu5t4fcd7/s1600-h/Mitt+Romney.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 329px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRaS4jrgJ-iEr7piLbXPqCuwfha-VXo93G0t_gHVJ-8n6rE5s8WP02rQ0gtAFFe5efMpgCXcSQgYHhn7VB-iSzSXI5vSWmpZP9_4mnrwuzQowR_qAb_gNLoSVPJ3trDdfvLFYLu5t4fcd7/s400/Mitt+Romney.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270230335172163954" /></a><br /><br />Mitt Romney has a new op-ed in the <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/19/opinion/19romney.html?_r=1">New York Times.</a><br /><br /><blockquote>IF General Motors, Ford and Chrysler get the bailout that their chief executives asked for yesterday, you can kiss the American automotive industry goodbye. It won’t go overnight, but its demise will be virtually guaranteed.<br /><br />Without that bailout, Detroit will need to drastically restructure itself. With it, the automakers will stay the course — the suicidal course of declining market shares, insurmountable labor and retiree burdens, technology atrophy, product inferiority and never-ending job losses. Detroit needs a turnaround, not a check.<br /><br />I love cars, American cars. I was born in Detroit, the son of an auto chief executive. In 1954, my dad, George Romney, was tapped to run American Motors when its president suddenly died. The company itself was on life support — banks were threatening to deal it a death blow. The stock collapsed. I watched Dad work to turn the company around — and years later at business school, they were still talking about it. From the lessons of that turnaround, and from my own experiences, I have several prescriptions for Detroit’s automakers. </blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-40676615724883067552008-11-18T17:16:00.001-08:002008-11-18T17:16:35.848-08:00Gov. Romney back on the campaign trail!Former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announced today that he will be campaigning in Georgia for U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss on Friday, November 21, and that his Free and Strong America PAC has made a contribution of $5,000 to help with the runoff election.<br /><br />Romney will be appearing at political rallies in Atlanta and Savannah, as well as at a series of private event fundraisers. Chambliss won the Nov. 4 general election, but the Dec. 2 runoff was called when neither Chambliss nor his Democratic opponent, Jim Martin, achieved 50 percent of the vote due to third party participation.<br /><br />"This is a critical election whose outcome will be important to maintaining a balance of power in the Senate," said Romney. "It is critical that Republicans safely retain the ability to filibuster in order to prevent the worst abuses of single party rule."<br /><br />Romney praised Chambliss as an outspoken leader in protecting the homeland from terrorism and called him an important voice for strengthening America's military and getting our economy moving again through pro-growth, low-tax policies. The $5,000 contribution from Romney's PAC is in addition to $2,300 that the PAC donated to Chambliss during the general election campaign.<br /><br />The Free and Strong America PAC (www.FreeStrongAmerica.com) supports officeholders and candidates who are dedicated to advancing social, fiscal and foreign policies that will strengthen America at this critical time in the nation's history. The guiding focus is on the core principles that have built and nurtured America since its founding – uncompromised military strength, a belief in the power of free markets and that a competitive America is one where taxes are low and government is small, an emphasis on strong families and a federalist approach to government that leaves decision-making as close to the people as possible.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-45042515094449100042008-11-15T13:05:00.000-08:002008-11-15T13:07:54.289-08:00Romney the man to save GOP in 2012?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjatu2GXvigFGgw29M7Hd2tb0C-UkzjrXUWpAgiJGcmN-Qts5SHibUsxYUdhrHPdxdKK64SgbZ6UKE4G72p1QdYbNDynAhCXhfcp4FR34zE0H9N9lJneASEfDroOaGx8YKZiMMZErz0wMq/s1600-h/art.mittromney.ap.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 219px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjatu2GXvigFGgw29M7Hd2tb0C-UkzjrXUWpAgiJGcmN-Qts5SHibUsxYUdhrHPdxdKK64SgbZ6UKE4G72p1QdYbNDynAhCXhfcp4FR34zE0H9N9lJneASEfDroOaGx8YKZiMMZErz0wMq/s400/art.mittromney.ap.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268993760336673586" /></a><br /><br />http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/11/13/romney.future/index.html<br /><br /><blockquote> After bowing out, Romney maintained a constant presence on the campaign trail and cable news circuit on McCain's behalf, signaling to political observers that he still harbored presidential ambitions, even after he was passed up for the No. 2 spot on the party's ticket.<br /><br />Romney also has maintained close relationships with key supporters in the early voting states of Iowa and New Hampshire, according to party officials there, and could easily revive the infrastructure he built should he launch another bid.<br /><br />If the economy continues to flail after four years of Democratic rule, Romney's economic acumen may be in demand when it comes to restoring GOP power to the White House.<br /><br />"If the economy remains the dominant issue, there will certainly be a draft Romney movement, you can count on it," Lewis said.<br /><br />Romney also may be positioned to attract a wider base of support than some of the other figures on the Republican bench, including the now-GOP rock star Palin and Huckabee, whose 2008 campaign outlasted Romney's. Both have shown the ability to generate excitement among base voters but appear to remain fairly unappealing to the more moderate faction of the party -- not to mention independent voters who are permitted to vote in some Republican primaries.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-44687356306148290052008-11-12T13:54:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:56:15.809-08:00The betting money is on Romney in 2012!From <a href="http://http://www.usnews.com/blogs/capital-commerce/2008/11/09/the-odds-on-the-2012-presidential-election.html">U.S.News</a><br /><br /><blockquote>It's never too early for Intrade to start putting odds on the next presidential election. For the GOP nomination: 1) Mitt Romney 24.5 percent, 2) Mike Huckabee 11.1 percent, 3) Sarah Palin 10.5 percent, 4) Newt Gingrich 8.9 percent (thanks Bob Novak). No wagers have yet been placed on Bobby Jindal and David Petraeus, but volume overall is pretty light. Plenty of time to get in early. Interestingly, the GOP nominee is given a 40 percent chance of being the next president.</blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232692245985385343.post-7908869511130762012008-11-12T13:45:00.000-08:002008-11-12T13:49:50.697-08:00Romney helps GOP Senators (Boston Globe)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQTNFVjXx37lMlkgvZUOfiwyAsvKZEpHV4EMKPF0csbQd2yHrVHa_dB756j_0jL0AXyTOMFQZokKcfkzXI6zM8YFX4PXqgrBkhg5UsW9NNnPVxiv7fuiXNxVwBlLf4QZcIVmNh_Ls_0oi/s1600-h/franken-split-topper.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 229px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQTNFVjXx37lMlkgvZUOfiwyAsvKZEpHV4EMKPF0csbQd2yHrVHa_dB756j_0jL0AXyTOMFQZokKcfkzXI6zM8YFX4PXqgrBkhg5UsW9NNnPVxiv7fuiXNxVwBlLf4QZcIVmNh_Ls_0oi/s400/franken-split-topper.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267891513315547618" /></a><br /><br /><br />http://www.boston.com/news/politics/politicalintelligence/2008/11/romney_seeks_he.html<br /><br /><blockquote>Posted by Foon Rhee, deputy national political editor November 11, 2008 02:49 PM<br /><br />Mitt Romney is coming to the aid of two fellow Republicans still locked in election battles that could determine the shape of the US Senate, urging his supporters to donate to their campaigns.<br /><br />Through his Free and Strong America political action committee, Romney is featuring Senators Saxby Chambliss of Georgia and Norm Coleman of Minnesota.<br /><br />Chambliss faces a runoff next month with Democrat Jim Martin, after neither won a majority in a three-way race last week. Coleman is in a recount with Democrat Al Franken after a bitter, nasty campaign.<br /><br />Counting independents Joe Lieberman of Connecticut and Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Democrats will control 57 votes in the Senate that is sworn in in January. They need 60 for a potentially filibuster-proof majority to help push through President-elect Barack Obama's priorities, with the race in Alaska also still up for grabs.<br /><br />Romney created the PAC after losing out for the Republican presidential nomination as a vehicle to support Republicans and keep his name in the mix for a possible run in 2012. </blockquote>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0