First, I am glad that Romney's agenda begins with a complete repeal of Obamacare. It is absurd that Americans should be forced to subscribe to anything, let alone health insurance they don't want or need. Just yesterday, Judge Jeffrey Sutton of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 6th Circuit said it best: "It's just not proper to make people buy things, and that's the point." Romney's current reflection on his Massachusetts healthcare plan is honest and sincere; he is willing to address his mistakes: "Some things worked, some didn't, and some things I'd change," he says. Moreover, at least his failure involved a single state as opposed to an entire nation. He now knows first-hand why the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act must be either fundamentally restructured or entirely repealed.
As for Romney winning the presidency in 2008, what is the point of imagining an "alternate universe?" In an alternate reality, it's not really "safe to say" anything. Such pondering is an empty exercise grounded only in speculation and hypotheses. And if you're wondering why the Detroit automakers are still alive today, why don't you pay attention to what actually solved the problem. Bailout money doesn't do anything just sitting in the bank, and Obama should take none of the credit. GM, for example, went and hired the absolute best of the turnaround business, Jay Alix of AlixPartners. Alix helped GM emerge from bankruptcy in an unprecedented and unbelievable 40 days. Nevertheless, Geithner himself asserts that, at the time of the bailout, "[Detroit's turnaround] was anything but assured." In an alternate universe, Detroit would have been healed perhaps more effectively with Romney at the helm.
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