The creator of government-mandated healthcare in Massachusetts gets a little testy

At last night’s CNN debate, Mitt Romney tried to chastise Rick Santorum for passionately criticizing both Obamacare and Romneycare. Romney said, ‘It’s not worth getting angry about.”

Santorum—and those who think Obamacare is not only a huge fiscal disaster but also an affront to our freedom—disagree. Jeffrey H. Anderson, summarizing the exchange in the Weekly Standard, writes:

“More than anyone else during any of the previous Republican presidential debates, Rick Santorum took dead aim tonight at the similarities between Romneycare and Obamacare.

Arguing that those similarities could pose great problems for the Republican party and for the prospects for repeal if Mitt Romney were to win the nomination, Santorum implored GOP voters to remember, ‘We can’t give this issue away in this election.’”

Read Anderson’s analysis here (about 2.5 pages/1,200 words).

You can also watch the exchange at the CNN debate here, courtesy of the Blaze(4:34).

‘He can relate to the everyday guy better than anybody’

Watch Foster Friess talk to Bloomberg TV’s Margaret Brennan about why he thinks Rick Santorum is the best man for the job of President of the United States (7:33).

To get to know Rick Santorum a little better, watch him discuss his passion for the American worker and the importance of the family in a free society, in this three minute video.

Scott Plakon, a Florida state senator, explains why Rick Santorum is appealing to more and more Americans, as they get to know him:

“[Santorum] is just a good, decent honorable man. … [H]e has not changed his positions … even at his political peril. … I think independents will appreciate that, rather than some candidates … they change their positions like the weather, he doesn’t do that.”

Watch Sen. Plakon describe why he likes Rick Santorum in this short video (2:32).

Check out the Wall Street Journal story (1.5 pages) to learn more about Foster and the pro-Santorum Red, White, and Blue Fund.

“I’m committed to Rick Santorum, and I’m going to be giving more to Rick Santorum,” said Mr. Friess, who said he likes the former senator’s authenticity.

It is this daunting pursuit of honor and virtue by the living that embodies every single thing the fallen were willing to die for.

Our respect for the individual and the reverence we hold for each and every human life is what separates the United States from our enemies. Our morality is something that can never be taken away from us.

Most recently, our values have been exemplified by the two naval rescues of distressed Iranian sailors: military personnel from an enemy regime were treated with dignity and kindness.

Most grandly, we can look to the Joint POW-MIA Accountability Command in Honolulu for the best representation of what our country is all about.

The JPAC is currently on a mission to find each and every one of the 84,000 service members who went missing during military action.

“The unit researches old war records and combs battle sites and aircraft crash sites in some of the most remote locations around the world. Any recovered remains are brought back to JPAC’s Central Identification Laboratory,” writes Misty Showalter of CNN.

“The mission is to bring answers to families who may have been waiting 60 years or more to hear anything about a loved one.

They call it the most honorable mission in the military.”

Read the story on JPAC at CNN.com (1400 words/3 pages) or watch the special from CNN International at 11:30pm ET this Friday, 4:30pm ET this Saturday, or 11:30 ET on Sunday.

In case you missed it, on Monday Foster was interviewed about his confidence in Rick Santorum and his concerns about our campaign system.

Check out the 5 minute segment on Foster.

Remember when President Obama considered that to be ‘rich?’

Warren Buffett and President Obama have been trying to paint Buffett’s secretary, Debbie Bosanek, as a symbol of the squeezed and overburdened taxpayer, suffering at the hands of the wealthy.

Bosanek, a self described “average citizen,” was even a guest of the White House at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.

However, Forbes contributor Paul Roderick Gregory estimates that Bosanek makes something in the range of $200,000 to $500,000 a year. And why not? She is the secretary for the wealthiest man in the country. Surely she earns it–no self respecting capitalist would dare say otherwise.

But wait a second… By President Obama’s standards, doesn’t that make her rich?

The president’s famed campaign message was that he would not raise taxes on any family making less than $250,000 a year. Miss Bosanek apparently makes that amount, or very near to it, all by herself. She also happens to be married.

Come to think of it, just a few months ago, President Obama was pushing for his second stimulus package, which he proposed would be financed by taxes on households bringing in over $250,000.

So it certainly seems that by Barack Obama’s standards, Debbie Bosanek is fair game for a tax increase. She sat next to the First Lady as President Obama decried the injustice of the taxes brought upon her, but just a few months earlier he would have raised her taxes if Congress had not rejected the bill. It certainly sounds like the President wants to have his cake and it eat too.

Watch President Obama’s pledge to raise taxes on families bringing in over $250,000 (20 secs).

Read the Forbes analysis by Gregory (500 words/1 page).

If you’re not sure what channel Bloomberg is on in your area, you can probably find out here!

From the Warren Buffet secretary stunt to bailout hypocrisy, this video from Gary Bauer points to some key “misstatements” from President Obama’s State of the Union address (2:11).