Mitt Romney is in a bit of a pickle, or so it seems at a glance. He’s running for president in part against Obamacare but has to acknowledge, as the president so often does, that Obamacare is modeled largely on the health care plan that Romney created while governor of Massachusetts.

Thus, tieless and professorial, Romney took the stage Thursday before a smallish audience at the University

Mitt Romney is in a bit of a pickle, or so it seems at a glance. He’s running for president in part against Obamacare but has to acknowledge, as the president so often does, that Obamacare is modeled largely on the health care plan that Romney created while governor of Massachusetts.

Thus, tieless and professorial, Romney took the stage Thursday before a smallish audience at the University

The 2012 Republican presidential nomination will not be won or lost on newspaper op-ed pages, or in the wood-paneled confines of a university classroom, where Mitt Romney spoke Thursday about health care. But that is where the field’s current front runner has been running his campaign so far. He didn’t show up at the first Republican debate. He rarely goes out on the campaign trail.

“We are confident that providers’ decisions on whether to participate in the program will be made on the basis of the final rule, which will reflect the feedback we receive,” added Cook.

Many in the health care industry were silent partners backing Obama’s overhaul law, but disappointment over the accountable care rules has put a chill into the relationship. During

Two Obama appointees and one Clinton appointee, does anybody seriously think this will be a fair hearing?
http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/beltway-confidential/2011/05/breaking-appeals-panel-hearing-obamacare-suit-comprised-2-obama-nBYsegar on 05/10/2011 at 20:06