Gingrich Blasts House GOP's Medicare Plan, Agrees With Obama About Need for Insurance Mandate

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White House hopeful Newt Gingrich called the House Republican plan for Medicare "right-wing social engineering," injecting a discordant GOP voice into the party's efforts to reshape both entitlements and the broader budget debate.

In the same interview Sunday, on NBC's "Meet the Press," Mr. Gingrich backed a requirement that all Americans buy health insurance, complicating a Republican line of attack on President Barack Obama's health law.

The former House speaker's decision to stick with his previous support for an individual mandate comes days after former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney defended the health revamp he championed as governor, which includes a mandate.

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"I'd like Speaker Gingrich to show me in the Constitution where the government has the right to force people to buy health insurance," said Debbie Dooley, state coordinator for the Georgia Tea Party Patriots. "That's going to hurt him among tea party activists, extremely."

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White House hopeful Newt Gingrich called the House Republican plan for Medicare "right-wing social engineering," injecting a discordant GOP voice into the party's efforts to reshape both entitlements and the broader budget debate.

In the same interview Sunday, on NBC's "Meet the Press," Mr. Gingrich backed a requirement that all Americans buy health insurance, complicating a Republican line of attack on President Barack Obama's health law.

The former House speaker's decision to stick with his previous support for an individual mandate comes days after former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney defended the health revamp he championed as governor, which includes a mandate.

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"I'd like Speaker Gingrich to show me in the Constitution where the government has the right to force people to buy health insurance," said Debbie Dooley, state coordinator for the Georgia Tea Party Patriots. "That's going to hurt him among tea party activists, extremely."

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We don't care what the "Newt" is doing these days. Back in the '90's he tried to proclaim he was selling 5 milliion books when actually they were just sitting in a warehouse. Zero Credibility from the old Newt.

Why would you bothering to even mention him now and give him publicity for crying out loud? Good luck with that....

Isn't the name "Newt" a name for some kind taxonomy category of a lizard or something???

Peace.

Edited May 16, 2011 by Boing!

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The GOP has already started to run away from the Ryan proposal to eliminate Medicare. The closer we get to November 2012, the more Republicans will run from it. Newt is merely leading the way here.

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The GOP has already started to run away from the Ryan proposal to eliminate Medicare. The closer we get to November 2012, the more Republicans will run from it. Newt is merely leading the way here.

What about the constitutional challenge over the individual mandate - do you think GOP presidential candidates will be making that a center piece for their campaigns or will they start to shy away from it?