Sorry, McLaim is the last thing we needed. Better to have Uhboma in, instead of a Rhino. America will come out stronger getting this dose of leftist scum out of us. McLaim would just have extended the cancer for another four years.

One note on health care. The markets are concentrated because of government. For example, in my State of Washington, in the ’90’s, we passed a reg declaring that insurers must cover alternative medicine. Insurers fled the State, leaving only 4!

Health care is a monopoly, though. Insurance is not. The AMA has a monopoly, and has had since 1849, when Congress gave it to them. They drove all their competitors out of business within five years. The village wise woman with her home remedies, the Chinese herbalist, et al, were all out of business. This left us with the most expensive, ineffective options: drugs and surgery.

This is why health care is so expensive, becuase there are no options. It is a monopoly. The problem could be solved by (among other things) taking back the AMA’s authority, thus breaking the monopoly.

Well, the last time was 2004. And in fact, that 40 percent is down from the high of 43 percent in 1992. And since 1992, while self-identified conservatives have dropped 3 points, self-identified liberals have gone up 4 points.

http://www.gallup.com/poll/120857/Conservatives-Single-Largest-Ideological-Group.aspx/

“Most smart Americans are storing up groceries, medical supplies, and guns.”

No, the smart ones aren’t the ones buying that stuff, they’re selling that stuff.

You’re right about this much . . . momentum is building . . . against conservatism. Nice try, though.

“believe in not curtailing missile defense…..” See what the generals think about the cuts in missile defense at this site: http://www.cdi.org . To put it bluntly, missile defense has been tested for 25 years and still doesn’t work. Also, the Pentagon believes it has ample assets already in place to deal with any near or longer term missile threat from N Korea or Iran.

“believe in not forcing the Defense Department to make hard choices….” Actually, those choices are a result of nearly $300 billion in cost overruns; hard earned tax dollars lining the pockets of defense contractors. How is that conservative?

Here’s what the GAO said ( http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-09-431T ): “Last year, GAO reported that DOD’s portfolio of weapons programs experienced cost growth of $295 billion from first estimates, were delayed by an average of 21 months, and delivered fewer capabilities and quantities to the warfighter than originally planned….”

“not instituting a ‘public option’ for health care…..” So, the current private sector monopoly & oligopoly is OK? American Medical Association study last year of health-insurance markets in 314 cities found 94% are “highly concentrated.” In 56% of cities, one insurer controls more than half of the group health care market; in 19% of cities, one insurer controls 70%; in 11 cities, one insurer controls more than 90%. I’m not in favor of more government involvement in health care. But maybe a ‘public option’ would finally provide some free market competition!

“believe in not politicizing the Justice Department…..” So, Dem politics is why the A.G. dropped the case against former Senator Stevens? Isn’t politicizing the J.D. what Alberto Gonzales was all about?

#30 National Patriot: “RINOS have given conservatism a bad rap….” Actually, I’m more concerned about CINOs that oppose Dem pork, but turn a blind eye to Repub pork. There are also the CINOs who oppose big government except when it can be used to push certain religious based agendas.

If we as Republicans want to be successful in the 2010 and 2012 elections, we need a lot more & better than what Ms. Rubin proposes. We need a rational and fact based platform, not journalistic ramblings.

1) “America Serves”/ACORN
2) Amnesty/ACORN
3) 2010 Census/ACORN

These are the triple-punch death spiral objectives owned by the left that make any GOP strategy for taking back our country – moot – if we let it. We are in for the fight of our lives and I for one am ready to answer the call.