Romney worked with the legislature yes, but he spearheaded two parts of it that are essential to the president’s plan: the individual mandate and the health care exchanges.
Is Obamacare based on Romney’s plan?
Michael Widmer, from Massachusetts Taxpayer Foundation (non-partisan group) says both the Massachusetts legislature and Romney DID come together to get everyone in the state insured. They had the same goal and were successful. Yes, Romney put out the idea, but the legislature helped to craft the plan.
Did Romney work across the aisle for his health care plan in Massachusetts?
Romney Fact Check #7: Romney’s Bipartisan Record — 10:36 p.m.: Governor Romney: First of all, I liked the way we did it in Massachusetts. I like that in my state we had Republicans and Democrats come together and work together.
The vice president said Romney “laid out a fundamentally different philosophy” from the president – one that calls for “massive tax cuts for the wealthy” without explanation of how he would pay for them without placing additional burdens on the middle class.
Biden served as the first surrogate to reach out to voters after the evening’s presidential debate in Colorado. The campaign said Biden’s livestream reached over 4,000 debate watch parties across the country.
“It’s a good night tonight folks. Hello everybody. If you just finished watching the debate as I did, I’m sure you’re as proud of President Obama as I am,” Biden said on a livestream on the Obama campaign’s website. “I’ve been saying for a long time this election presents the starkest choice in my memory and I think the president did a wonderful job of making it clear just how stark that choice is.”
Vice President Joe Biden Was Sunnier about Obama’s Performance – 11:21 p.m. ET -ABC’s Arlette Saenz reports:
Obama Campaign Manager Jim Messina: “Gov. Romney attacked pretty well, we understand that’s what he had to do tonight, but he didn’t lay out where he wants to take this country… The president did win this debate.”
Obama Adviser David Plouffe: “He was having a conversation with the American people about where we are and where we need to go. Romney was on the defensive all night — on his health care plan, tax plan…He has a 5 trillion dollar tax plan; he tried to dishonestly run away from that. … (Was POTUS inarticulate, off his game?) I think to the average person at home, they saw a president they can trust, that they’re very comfortable with. A sense that he’s oriented on the middle class… I think we did a much better job of that tonight than Gov Romney, who’s candidacy is really burdened right now by his huge tax cut plan…. We just have to keep convincing particulalrly the middle class in this country that whenever he makes a decision he has them in mind.”
Florida Sen. Marco Rubio: “I think the president was incredibly uncomfortable, and it was evident especially at the beginning. He was not comfortable talking about taxes and the economy. He had a few sound bites his advisors had fed him, but once he put those out there and Gov Romney was able to refute them, he had nothing else to say. In fact he told the moderator, hey let’s change the subject.”
Romney Adviser Eric Fehrnsrom: “I think Gov Romney won the debate tonight. He was the clear winner. President Obama spoke in empty platitudes about where he wanted to take the country. The presidents policies aren’t working and its time for a change.”
Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani: “This was about as big a knock-out punch in a presidential debate as we’ve ever seen. Gov. Romney seems to know the facts and what he wants to do… And we had another man who was almost incomprehensible in some of his explanations, namely President Obama. He has been a failure as a president and tonight he was a failure as a debater.”
Romney Advisers Happy, Obama Advisers Admit Romney Did Well – Some Choice Quotes from the Spin Room – 11:22 p.m. ET
Check out the ABC News / Yahoo! News live stream of the debate at .
ABC News is liveblogging and fact-checking the first presidential debate in Denver. ABC’s will assign a grade for each fact check, rating the candidates’ statements as fact, mostly fact, mostly fiction or fiction. Following party lines, President Obama’s fact checks are labeled in blue, and Governor Romney’s are in red.
By ABC News Oct 3, 2012 7:24pm
Presidential Debate 2012: Live Blog
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