If you don’t believe me read Centreright and its parent site ConservativeHome. Cameron alas, like McCain et al, is out of touch with his grassroot members.

It is unlikely that this guy will unlock any mysteries on free markets from the UK since the USA is about the only place left on earth where there really are free markets.

Bottom line is that I love going to visit the UK, however it is the best example of a failed model at every level. The people surrendered to the state after WWII and again to the EU in a major death spiral for freedom. They are heading down the tubes today-even if the conservatives are in power. Just look at how the boy toy Cameron jumped out to defend the NHS. Give me a break!!

Tommy Gunn

With the looming increase in oil prices, the timing would be perfect now to prepare to start hammering the dems on their windmill pipe dreams that do not include more oil exploration and nuclear for the short and mid-term and a promise to continue to “explore” the more dreamy stuff for the long term. This also merges with the people’s justified belief in Republicans on national security and with the economy due to the people it would put back to work. 3 core issues with one slogan. I hear Axelrod might be able to help on the PR front, for a small fee of course.

It’s entirely self-delusional on the part of democratic party faithful. Reagan represented a true shift in the political demographics of america – when he entered office less than thirty percent of state gov’s were under conservative rule. When he left it was over 60%.

Obama was campaign dynamite – probably the best planned & executed machine since JFK – and they didn’t even need to cheat w/ACORN on the scale JFK pulled off in Chicago & WV in ’60. His fundraising alone was so astounding that he was 80% toward (primary & general combined) the first Billion Dollar Baby. AS much as I despise the principles I have to admire the accomplishment.

That didn’t change the fact the guy is a practical novice – despite how charismatic he is. He has demured to Pelosi because she is the true political vet.

It has provided conservatives with an oppertunity hether to not dreamed of given the swooning Obama has enjoyed up until these past few months.

Now it is up to conservatives to provide the kinds of answers governors like Tom Thompson did with welfare reform & Tom Ridgway did cleaning up crony corruption in Pennsylvania. We only had the success of Gingrich’s congress BECAUSE we won plural conservative majorities in the states.

Principles first – execution second. We win back states like Virgina, Ohio, Indiana, North Carolina – and peel off a New Jersey or Wisconsin – or dare one believe CALIFORNIA – and we make the gains in 2010 to make 2012 a one term Obama.

It can happen. Thanks for the suggestions Ian.

Therein lies the rub. I am sure that when the NHS was introduced in the UK (and Canada) none of its inventors would ever have envisioned it would be paying for people to have sex changes, breast implants or have their tattoos removed. It was set up to provide basic care for individuals when the life-span was a heck of a lot shorter.

The NHS has not adapted at all, except for minor tweaks, and can’t handle the load. Even if the UK spent nothing on anything else it would still “not be enough” due to a variety of factors both unforseen & ones that should have been seen a long time ago.

For Americans, the offer contrdicts a founding document of US Law: the unalieable right to life and liberty.

The answer is to instruct people on the benefits of liberty and the prosperity that flows from it. Socialism can only divvy up a fixed-size pie. Only liberty can make the pie bigger.

We must have a public debate on a topic that no politician dares bring up: when should a citizen be expected to pay his own way in life and what do we owe to those who cannot?

I will gladly pay for life-saving health care for an indigent person. It is an outrage to force me to pay for his sex-change operation.