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Whither ObamneyCare?

By Joseph Lawler on 6.14.11 @ 11:44AM

Here's the clip of Tim Pawlenty declining to follow up on his Fox News Sunday slam of Romney as the father of "ObamneyCare":

Peter Suderman suggests one reason Pawlenty might have hesitated to attack Romney on health care: he has a few health care skeletons in his own closet.

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Jimstenson| 6.14.11 @ 1:16PM

The easier explanation is that he's too "nice" to be confrontational. It's not the kind of "nice" that keeps him from attacking Obomneycare on a TV show, just the kind of "nice" that keeps him from saying it to Mitt's face. It's also the kind of "nice" that would keep him from being confrontational face-to-face with Obama. He can't help it. It's a Minnesota thing.

Romney won't be able to confront Obama about Obomneycare obviously. Really nobody but Palin is going to get that job done right, and in a way that connects with the average working man and woman out there just trying to make a living.

Michael L. Hauschild| 6.14.11 @ 2:03PM

Bachmann could have drove Pawlenty and Romney faces in the dirt, if, when she was asked what she would do First if elected President and replied, “Repeal ObamaCare” instead would have replied “Repeal ObamneyCare.” BIFF, POW, BAM. Game, set, and match first debate.

Occam's Tool| 6.14.11 @ 2:14PM

I do like Michele. I wish she was my Rep.

Oldefarte| 6.14.11 @ 2:53PM

I thought King's promotion of a conflict between Pawlenty and Romney was asinine and will serve no purpose. Everyone should know that Romney establsihed a mandated type WELFARECARE in Massachusetts, and the essential question is for him to explain his thinking/reasoning for same [not to create some shouting match between the two candidates over same]. The Republican candidates rightfully avoided internal conflict and maintained the debate focus on the target properly........OBAMA/DEMOCRATS!!!!!!!