Conservatives love to do things on their own. Smaller government means less regulations and government interference in the private sector; their personal lives. This is the main argument of the Conservative people (voters) or the right-wingers of the political spectrum. And this is also why Reagan had been the champion of the right; he was a smaller government and less regulation kind of a president. Even today, right-wing or conservative leaders want to call themselves Reaganites or Reagan conservatives; anything outside of the views of Reagan are often branded too Liberal or "extremely moderate" conservatives.
In 2009-2010, President Barrack Hussein Obama, being true to his promises to remake America, shoved the Health-care reform legislation down the throats of the American people using a parliamentary maneuver which gives the ruling party the power to pass a bill without 60 votes needed to pass a bill in the Senate. The president quickly signed it into law making Healthcare Universal.
In this new legislation, Americans are required to buy healthcare insurance or facing penalty and jail time. The legislation main objective is to punish big insurance companies which - according to experts - may gradually transforming America into a single payer system as in Canada. Not surprisingly, Obama had made such pledge before taking office, to changing the way Healthcare is operated in the US into a single-payer system.
The "individual mandate" in the Healthcare overhaul law is the center of the Conservative fight to unseat Obama in 2012. Weeks prior to the signing of this Healthcare law, the State of Virginia passed a law banning government from forcing individuals to buy Healthcare insurance. Making Obama care incompatible with the Virginian State law. Virginia was the first to challenge this law in federal court followed by more than 20 other states. The States won the battle when a Federal Judge concluded that the Healthcare law was unconstitutional. The Obama administration had appealed this ruling and this law is now going before the Supreme Court.
Healthcare (Obamacare) vs. Massachusetts Healthcare law
To many Conservatives, Healthcare issue is important and that President Obama and Gov. Romney hold the same view on Healthcare. When Romney was governor of Massachusetts, his government instituted a Healthcare law - with an individual mandate exactly as the Obama Healthcare law - which requires all citizens of Massachusetts to buy Healthcare insurance. That, to the Conservatives, is unacceptable and so far Romney had not backtracked or apologized for such Liberal legislation which takes away the "right" of individuals to chose what to buy.
The "individual mandate" in the Healthcare overhaul law is the center of the Conservative fight to unseat Obama in 2012. Weeks prior to the signing of this Healthcare law, the State of Virginia passed a law banning government from forcing individuals to buy Healthcare insurance. Making Obama care incompatible with the Virginian State law. Virginia was the first to challenge this law in federal court followed by more than 20 other states. The States won the battle when a Federal Judge concluded that the Healthcare law was unconstitutional. The Obama administration had appealed this ruling and this law is now going before the Supreme Court.
Healthcare (Obamacare) vs. Massachusetts Healthcare law
To many Conservatives, Healthcare issue is important and that President Obama and Gov. Romney hold the same view on Healthcare. When Romney was governor of Massachusetts, his government instituted a Healthcare law - with an individual mandate exactly as the Obama Healthcare law - which requires all citizens of Massachusetts to buy Healthcare insurance. That, to the Conservatives, is unacceptable and so far Romney had not backtracked or apologized for such Liberal legislation which takes away the "right" of individuals to chose what to buy.
It is a tough fight for Gov. Romney because his criticism of the Obama Healthcare legislation is futile considering his own law in Massachusetts, which is bankrupting right now!
Last Monday's debate, Conservative candidates didn't attack Gov. Romney on this issue, but it is predicted that when the going gets tough, they may resort to it. Even so, the power to remove Romney from the front line will come from the voters themselves, not the candidates.
Mitt Romney as a Mormon
I was debating with some Conservatives and found out that despite Mitt Romney's business background and his dedication to the Republican party, voters may not vote for him because of his denomination, the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints).
Mormonism was founded in United States in 1820 and established into an organized denomination decades later. But with the controversial life of its founder (Joseph Smith) - who was assassinated by mobs (most of whom were protestant believers) - and his teachings on marriage and life after death made the Mormon church a target of the Christian faith for heresy and apostasy. The enmity between the Protestant believers and the Mormon followers have been raging on for more than a hundred years. The animosity toward Mormonism today is the same as back in the days of Joseph Smith (founder).
To this very day, Mormonism had not been admitted to Christendom or being accepted as a Christian sect because of its deviance in fundamental Christian beliefs. Besides the Bible, the Mormon Church also believes the Book of Mormon - a book Joseph Smith found and translated into English in 1820 - to be another testament of Jesus Christ. Christians refused to accept this and referred to the Mormon church as nothing but a Cult. This is the Church that Mitt Romney was born into and served for two years.
Last Monday's debate, Conservative candidates didn't attack Gov. Romney on this issue, but it is predicted that when the going gets tough, they may resort to it. Even so, the power to remove Romney from the front line will come from the voters themselves, not the candidates.
Mitt Romney as a Mormon
I was debating with some Conservatives and found out that despite Mitt Romney's business background and his dedication to the Republican party, voters may not vote for him because of his denomination, the Mormon Church (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints).
Mormonism was founded in United States in 1820 and established into an organized denomination decades later. But with the controversial life of its founder (Joseph Smith) - who was assassinated by mobs (most of whom were protestant believers) - and his teachings on marriage and life after death made the Mormon church a target of the Christian faith for heresy and apostasy. The enmity between the Protestant believers and the Mormon followers have been raging on for more than a hundred years. The animosity toward Mormonism today is the same as back in the days of Joseph Smith (founder).
To this very day, Mormonism had not been admitted to Christendom or being accepted as a Christian sect because of its deviance in fundamental Christian beliefs. Besides the Bible, the Mormon Church also believes the Book of Mormon - a book Joseph Smith found and translated into English in 1820 - to be another testament of Jesus Christ. Christians refused to accept this and referred to the Mormon church as nothing but a Cult. This is the Church that Mitt Romney was born into and served for two years.
I think that majority of open-minded Christians may overlook Romney's faith and vote for him in a hope of changing the Obama's economy's down-hill journey. But the hardcore Christian conservatives may not vote for him at all. Worst, they may campaign against him.
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