Will They Ever Understand?

In a column about the upcoming primary in Illinois, David Balz shows his Democrat credentials:

The state faces significant budgetary problems, despite a tax increase enacted a year ago, and its bond rating is one of the lowest in the country.

Static Rules?

Betsy McCaughey has a very clear message today in this column concerning HHS and Obamacare. We’ve said it hear before and we’ll say it again I am certain, but today I am going to copy many of her words…..please, go read the whole thing.

Why are women’s rights advocates so sure they’ll always agree with the person occupying the White House?

After setting up the reader reminding us of the partial birth abortion fight where the government was not allowed to access records showing why women choose to get a partial birth abortion (just a few short years ago), she notes this little gem: [bold is mine]

Sec. 1501 and 1302 of the Obama health law requires nearly everyone to enroll in a “qualified” health plan or pay a penalty. “Qualified” means a government-designed plan covering what the secretary of Health and Human Services decides are “essential benefits.” The secretary (a presidential appointee) decides what your plan includes.
Nothing in the law guarantees contraception coverage; that’s left to the secretary’s discretion. And the power to compel insurers to cover contraceptives is also the power to stop insurers from covering them.
Sec. 1311(h)(1) of the law says “qualified plans” can pay only doctors and hospitals that follow the dictates of the secretary, who is empowered to impose any regulation to “improve health-care quality.” That breathtakingly broad power could include everything — dictating when your cardiologist recommends a stent rather than a bypass or whether your ob/gyn does a cesarean.
Your doctor will have to enter your treatments into an electronic data base, and your doctor’s decisions will be monitored for compliance with federal guidelines. Ultimately, your doctor could have to choose between doing what’s right for you and avoiding a government penalty.
The law empowers presidential appointees to standardize medical practice. The government will be in charge, even if you pay for a private health plan yourself.

Why is ANYONE ok with this?

Congratulations to Rick Santorum

That was a pretty big win yesterday.

Dear Mr. Gingrich,
If you are so interested in a “conservative” alternative to Romney, why the hell are you staying in this race?

Even your ego must be taking a huge hit with these losses.