Politico dropped an unintentional bomb today covering the announcement that Mike Leavitt has been tapped by Republican Presidential candidate Mitt Romney to lead his transition team, should he win the election. Problem is, Mike Leavitt has been one of the few, and most vocal, Republicans to actively endorse the implementation of the Obamacare exchanges. This led RedState.com co-founder Ben Domenech to unleash on Twitter about Leavitt's record and vested self interest in the exchanges, along with an excellent blog post he wrote for Ricochet (highly recommend reading his post). The Twitter tsunami led to an official reaction from Mr. Romney's campaign saying that overturning Obamacare was the first priority, though they left out anything about the exchanges.
It's not as if Mr. Romney doesn't leave a bad enough taste in the mouths of fiscal conservatives and libertarians to begin with, picking this person opens him to the independent voter questioning if he's really any different from President Obama. Mr. Romney's record as governor of Massachusetts and the enactment of Romneycare in that state are already indications that his sentiments lean towards big government solutions over individual liberties. What happens when the man in charge of the transition team who has a financial stake in the establishment of the exchanges, which are dumps for government subsidies, has an influence, all assurances aside, on the policies which Mr. Romney would utilize to replace Obamacare? It is more important than ever that the Supreme Court strike down the Obamacare idiocy. If they don't, I hesitate to think what may lie on the horizon, regardless of who wins in November.
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