With so many likely and possible candidates for the 2012 Republican presidential nomination, it’s hard for any of them to stand out from the crowd. That puts a premium on having good ideas that make sense for the country and appeal strongly to GOP primary voters. Just this week, two aspiring Republican nominees — former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and former Louisiana Gov. Buddy Roemer — came up with ideas that fit the bill, while a third aspirant — former House Speaker Newt Gingrich — offered a really bad one. Examiner Columnist and talk radio host Hugh Hewitt describes Romney’s proposal in his column on Page 24 of today’s edition: “He will issue waivers from Obamacare’s mandates and rules to all 50 states. This death by a thousand waivers will work immediately as formal repeal wends its way through the Congress.” Hewitt further notes that “Democrats will not be able to object as President Obama invented the waiver-as-favor policy.” We agree with Hewitt that all of the GOP presidential nomination seekers should make the same promise.
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