Comments on: BENNETT’S MISTAKE: TOO RATIONAL FOR THE GOP http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2010/05/11/bennetts-mistake-too-rational-for-the-gop/ Politics served up with a smile... And a stilletto. Mon, 27 Apr 2026 22:34:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: The Greenroom » Sen. Bennett teaches us about “polite-company conservatives” http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2010/05/11/bennetts-mistake-too-rational-for-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1769569 The Greenroom » Sen. Bennett teaches us about “polite-company conservatives” Sat, 15 May 2010 16:39:32 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=5759#comment-1769569 [...] Rick Moran similalry championed the Wyden-Bennett bill as “a flawed, but earnest effort at comprehensive reform”: Called “The Healthy Americans Act,” the bill incorporated some standard liberal thinking like an individual mandate, but was also innovative in the way costs would be shared and how the program would be administered at the state level. It would also have done away with Medicaid – a plus in any conservative’s book. In short, it was a good old fashioned senate compromise on a thorny issue that, in another less mindlessly partisan time, would have served as a starting point for the two parties to work out their differences. [...] [...] Rick Moran similalry championed the Wyden-Bennett bill as “a flawed, but earnest effort at comprehensive reform”: Called “The Healthy Americans Act,” the bill incorporated some standard liberal thinking like an individual mandate, but was also innovative in the way costs would be shared and how the program would be administered at the state level. It would also have done away with Medicaid – a plus in any conservative’s book. In short, it was a good old fashioned senate compromise on a thorny issue that, in another less mindlessly partisan time, would have served as a starting point for the two parties to work out their differences. [...]

]]> By: Maggie's Farm http://rightwingnuthouse.com/archives/2010/05/11/bennetts-mistake-too-rational-for-the-gop/comment-page-1/#comment-1769567 Maggie's Farm Thu, 13 May 2010 22:44:15 +0000 http://rightwingnuthouse.com/?p=5759#comment-1769567 <strong>Thursday evening links...</strong> Leaving late tonight for a long weekend, putting the boat in the water, etc. Leaving these links. Y'all fill in for me, heah? Gov. Christie: N.J. gov. sets tone for US. NJ got lucky with him. "We Asked, You Answered: What You Would Do If You W... Thursday evening links…

Leaving late tonight for a long weekend, putting the boat in the water, etc. Leaving these links. Y’all fill in for me, heah?
Gov. Christie: N.J. gov. sets tone for US. NJ got lucky with him.
"We Asked, You Answered: What You Would Do If You W…

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