Eugene Robinson: Romney’s health-care dither

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/eugene-robinson-romneys-health-care-dither/2012/09/10/6e9044e4-fb67-11e1-8adc-499661afe377_story.html

I’m trying to figure out just where Mitt Romney stands on health-care reform. Obviously, so is Mitt Romney.

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Hold it — breaking news; this just in: After the “Meet the Press” appearance, a Romney aide clarified that Romney didn’t actually intend to guarantee that people with preexisting conditions could get insurance. Rather, he would somehow encourage the free market to provide such coverage — even though, as anyone with diabetes or kidney disease can attest, the free market does no such thing.

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He knows full well that if he fulfills his promises, or threats, regarding Obamacare, there won’t be any affordable coverage for people with preexisting conditions. He knows that if he follows through on Medicare and Medicaid, seniors will have to pay more for their care and many poor Americans won’t receive adequate care at all.

No wonder Romney has so much trouble sticking to a consistent story.

[Angry Dragon]

1. Everyone in the Romney campaign is on a different page

[aletier_v]

3. Mixed Message Pattern

telling each audience segment what it wants to hear.

like a rubber band, the truth can only stretch so far before something bad happens.

[Freddie]

2. "Never let your left hand know what your right hand is doing"

--the late, great George Carlin

Sounds like the Mittens campaign philosophy