CNN GOP Presidential Debate

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During the CNN debate, Congresswoman Michelle Bachmann (R-MN) made the announcement that she had just filed papers for the presidency of the United States in 2012.  One of the statements that Michelle Bachmann made was she wasn't going to "rest" (I"m paraphrasing) until Obamacare is repealed.  The question I have for Bachmann is why aren't she and other GOP Congressman using their power to choke off funding for the Affordable Health Care Act (Obamacare) that was passed in March 2010?  The Republicans have the power of the purse strings.  They could stop the funding of Obama's socialist agenda right in their tracks.  Obamacare should've automatically been defunded.  All this talk about repealing health care is a red herring.  There's no way that Obamacare is going to be repealed while the Senate is in Democratic hands and Barack Obama is president.  However, Obamacare can be defunded.  It must be.

If Bachmann is so serious about repealing Obamcare, then she should utilize all the resources available to choke off funding for Obamacare in the House.  She can do that.  If she won't or refuses to do so, then she needs to stop campaigning on the issue of repealing Obamacare.  If the Republicans won't use the power they have in the House to defund Obamacare, then they definitely won't have the political will in the future to repeal Obamacare when there's a Republican majority in both Houses along with a Republican president.  If Mitt Romney were to win the Republican nomination for president, can he be trusted to repeal Obamacare?  I highly doubt it.  He passed Romneycare as governor or Massachusetts, which is a disaster for the citizens in Massachusetts.  Romney is a RINO that can't be trusted.  I'm tired of Republicans campaigning on the issue of repealing Obamacare when the House Republicans have the means to defund it.  The problem is they're only interested in the issue for campaigning purposes.  They're not serious about repealing Obamacare.  Bachmann is like so many other "conservative" Republicans.  She says the right things and even votes right.  However, when it comes to acting upon the principles they claim they hold dear, they default from it.  That's what we don't need.  We need GOP members that will act upon their principles, regardless of the cost.  That's what's missing in the political climate in Washington.