Comments on: The New Hampshire Romney/Christie show—or is it the Christie/Romney show?

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:39:04 +0000

CZ: Christie is actually too short to be a sumo wrestler.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:36:38 +0000

Steve: I don't have time to write a post on Romneycare for you. Do your own research. But the gist of it is that costs have escalated everywhere, and not because of Romneycare. See this for one analysis of the costs and benefits. There are plenty of others, including those that say "success" and those that say "failure." The truth is that evaluating it is a complex endeavor, with pluses and minuses, and teasing out what's due to Romneycare itself and what's due to problems in health care and the economy in general is a difficult task. But people would rather give out sound bites.

By: Steve

Steve — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:20:56 +0000

neo, how is Romneycare working out for the people of MA? From what I understand costs have escalated and services are in shorter supply. Great conservative idea! Advancing statist programs at the state level is not consistent with principles of limited government and fiscal conservatism. Again what is to recommend this twit?

By: Judith L

Judith L — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 15:20:08 +0000

Thank you for the first hand report, Neo. As a permanently retired campaign volunteer, I put great stock in seeing a candidate in person. There is no substitute for it.

By: CZ

CZ — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:50:24 +0000

With all the sports, fitness and athlete references why aren’t there any comments regarding Sumo Wrestlers?

Governor Christie would look quite fetching wearing a silk mawashi, don’t you think?

By: Parker

Parker — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:48:52 +0000

“But I remember this catch:”

I too remember that catch, it was something that only Roberto Clemente could have done in right field. (Or Willy in center.) Ah, baseball; if only we could return to the days when baseball was the national sport.

By: Parker

Parker — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 05:40:31 +0000

If I had my druthers I prefer rotund Christie to Romney, and if wishes were horses Christie would be my Romney choice for VP…. assuming Mitt is the nominee. However, wouldn’t it be nice if the head of the ticket had fire in the belly? A Palin or a Cain? I want a nominee that brings a predator drone and a flame thrower to the gun fight.

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:14:34 +0000

Jim Miller: I was indulging in the same sort of speculation in my post. I've noticed, for example, that even within baseball, the players in each position have a tendency to resemble each other more than they resemble players in other positions. For example, shortstops are mostly smallish, wiry, and quick, while first basemen are pretty big guys ordinarily. Second baseman tend to be more like shortstops but a bit bigger, third baseman bigger still. Outfielders are not small but they have to be pretty speedy, so they're not usually bulky. I thought "outfielder" for Romney. He reminds me a bit of Dwight Evans in that respect, for example. And here, through the magic of YouTube, is the telegenic Mr. Evans. Now that I look at him again, he may be a bigger guy than Romney. But I remember this catch:

By: neo-neocon

neo-neocon — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 04:09:14 +0000

Steve: true that Romney defends Romneycare for the liberal state of Massachusetts, and the individual mandate for states that happen to want it (such as Massachusetts), but not at the federal level. In other words, federalism. In addition, at the time the individual mandate was being implemented in Massachusetts, it had been touted as a conservative option by (1) Newt Gingrich; and (2) the Heritage Foundation. See this (there are lots of other links that deal with this, but that's one).

By: Jim Miller

Jim Miller — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 03:57:24 +0000

neo – Thanks for the extra info. I hadn’t thought he was an athlete, because I hadn’t heard anything about it in one of the many stories I’ve seen on him.

I was just indulging in a hobby of mine, trying to guess the sport from the physique. With some — gymnasts, for instance — it’s easy. And I am sure you could have guessed, in about a microsecond, that my new insurance agent was a dancer. (She was with the Seagals for some years.)

So, after you raised the question, I took a look at Romney and asked what kind of athlete would Romney be, if he were an athlete. And came up with quarterback, partly because I know he is taller than average.