{"id":6109,"date":"2011-10-13T00:06:36","date_gmt":"2011-10-13T07:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/a-romney-double-reverse\/"},"modified":"2011-10-13T00:06:36","modified_gmt":"2011-10-13T07:06:36","slug":"a-romney-double-reverse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2011\/10\/13\/a-romney-double-reverse\/","title":{"rendered":"A Romney Double Reverse"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mitt Romney might best be described as the Republican on both sides of every issue.  The subject of health care is particularly difficult for Mitt, as he flip flops with special vigor.  Now he claims that he will repeal what he supported using a tactic that he opposed.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"RomneyHat\"It’s hard to see why Republicans aren’t embracing Romney. He’s as big a hypocrite<\/a><\/font> as any other Republican that’s ever achieved higher office, so his party bonafides are hard to argue.<\/font><\/p>\n

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney doubled down on his pledge to repeal the Affordable Care Act during last night’s Republican presidential debate, pledging to eliminate the entire law through the reconciliation process, a special procedure that allows the Senate to bypass the filibuster and pass spending bills with 51, instead of 60 votes. After relying on the process to pass President Bush’s tax cuts for the rich, Republicans attacked Democrats’ efforts to pass a small bill of health care "fixes" in 2010 by claiming that it undermined the democratic system<\/a><\/font>, but have now had another change of heart.[…] <\/font><\/p>\n

Republicans described the process as a "convoluted legislative charade<\/a><\/font>" and claimed that it is "an extraordinary and unprecedented abuse" that is "not good democracy."<\/font><\/p>\n

In fact, even Romney directly criticized the process he’s now endorsing.<\/font><\/p>\n

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Here\u2019s the video.<\/font><\/p>\n