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GOP Hopefuls Embrace Pledge to 'Repeal It'

Health care reform law opposition becomes Republican litmus test

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Mar 29, 2010 5:04 PM CDT

(Newser) – The push to repeal health care reform has become a rallying cry for GOP candidates pushing for big congressional victories this year and eager to show their willingness to take on the Democratic agenda. In Florida, Gov. Charlie Crist and conservative upstart Marco Rubio agreed on little else in a weekend debate, during which Crist used the issue to appear just as ready as Rubio to fight President Obama. John McCain and Sarah Palin delivered a similar message while stumping for his re-election.

“It’s going to be repealed and replaced and it’s going to be done soon,” said McCain, who, like Crist, faces a challenge from the right. The issue also figures in a special House election in Florida, where Republican candidate Ed Lynch has called the vote “the first referendum on nationalized health care.” Supporters can trust they are contributing "towards a full and unequivocal REPEAL of the most dangerous legislation passed since this nation’s founding,” Lynch tells the Washington Independent.

Florida Gov. Charlie Crist answers questions with Orlando police chief Val Demings on the scene of a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building in downtown Orlando, Fla., Nov. 6, 2009.
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist answers questions with Orlando police chief Val Demings on the scene of a multiple shooting earlier in the day in an office building in downtown Orlando, Fla., Nov. 6, 2009.   (AP Photo/Orlando Sentinel, Joe Burbank)
Former Florida House Speaker and Florida Republican Senate candidate, Marco Rubio addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.
Former Florida House Speaker and Florida Republican Senate candidate, Marco Rubio addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Washington, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2010.   (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)
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TessTalks
Mar 30, 2010 2:06 PM CDT
The only way to change the two party system is to start voting for independents.
tomodachi
Mar 30, 2010 8:44 AM CDT
One of the fatal flaws in the 2 party system is the fact that power tends to swing like a pendulum; historically, when one party controls so much of the gov't, the majority is soon rebalanced by the loss of seats to the opposing party.

The problem with this is: The opposing party is the party of NO... the party of hate... the party of lies and manipulations... the party of the wealthy elite... the party of national debt... the party of obstruction... the party of hypocrisy... the party of corporate welfare... the party of spend and borrow... the party that rapes and destroys the middle class.

Who is so stupid as to actually vote for a republican?
Reader38197885
Mar 30, 2010 4:26 AM CDT
Conservatism is an evolution thing. When Man evolved away from chimpanzees, Conservatives could never evolve away from the chimps primeval "only the stronge survive or The Law of the Jungle".
Which makes an evolved person wonder, what would they replace Obamacare with? They dont even have a full Bill. Only statements like Grandmas going to die or Medicare will go broke. Oh by the way, Chimps are sneaky liars, and they can almost use tools too!!!
 

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