All Republican Challengers For North Dakota’s House Seat Pledge To Repeal Any Health Bill If Elected

• January 26, 2010

Last night on my radio show I had the opportunity to interview all three Republican candidates for North Dakota’s house seat: Rep. Rick Berg, Public Service Commissioner Kevin Cramer and former University of Mary football coach Paul Schaffner. The full audio is below.
One question I asked each candidate was whether or not they’d take the following pledge: “I hereby pledge to the people of my district/state upon my election to the U.S. House of Representatives/U.S. Senate, to sponsor and support legislation to repeal any federal health care takeover passed in 2010, and replace it with real reforms that lower health care costs without growing government.”
All three of them did. Which I was happy to hear.
I also asked a lot of other questions, including how they feel about the federal money that comes into North Dakota given the nation’s budget problems. I asked Kevin Cramer about criticism aimed at him for allegedly being a “career politician.” I asked Rick Berg about his presiding over big spending in the state legislature. I asked Paul Schaffner about being the “no name” candidate in a race against two long-time politicians.
Again, you can hear all of the interviews by clicking below.

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My understanding is that a repeal would require a Presidential signing or a two-thirds majority veto override, not to mention getting the repeal through the House of Representatives and the Senate. How likely is that to happen even if they get elected and keep their promises?
Enuf Iz Enuf

I find it comical and highly ironic the liberals on this board take their fellow posters to task far more than they ever do their mind-numbingly stupid masters. That in itself says a lot for their intellect or lack thereof. Ride the snowball heading to hell the whole time asking redundant, retarded and moronic questions on semantics. I mean we’re all going to end up in hell, it’s the dipsh*ts like some of them in this thread alone who’ll still be trying to prove themselves right when we hit. lol
I don’t like today’s GOP

OMG, please please please be a Republican candidate in ND and voice that opinion! If you aren’t, please write a letter to the editor and write all of your representatives to urge them to adopt your position.
robert108

Another false dichotomy from a leftie. Obamacare isn’t “reform” in any meaning of the word; it’s a fascist takeover of the healthcare industry, and should be resisted by all real Americans.
The solution to the problems is to eliminate the govt layer, which has increased costs and has reduced services and coverage.
The only “reform” I support is free market reform, which isn’t actually reform, but fiscal responsibility and Constitutional limited govt.
lock’em’up

Good fluffy softball. You should have just asked, “Will you offer real reforms that lower health care costs and increase coverage, or will you just vote no on all health care reforms? What reforms will you support?”
lock’em’up

Dam u are stoopid!

Let me rephrase it so Idiot108 can comprehend my innocuous question. “For the right-wing elitist huddles in their fallout shelters, militia training camps, or currently committed for psychological treatments who consider everything democratic to be evil, will you offer real reforms that lower health care costs and increase coverage as an alternative to evil Obama-Pelosi-Reid Care, or will you just vote no on all health care reforms? What reforms will you support?”
sayanything-7134

Schaffner seems less polished but more real.
sayanything-7702

What reforms will we support….. if you have two legs get a job and pay for your own. If you are single and broke and pregnant you can incubate the child and we will pay for it and then give it to someone responsible enough to support it. If you are an illegal citizen we will give you a ride to Minnesota so Al Franken can pay for your healthcare…. When California finally goes bankrupt Nancy Pelosi will pay for your healthcare
sayanything-7134

berg is for Fed safety net for farmers, and for transportation infrastructure because they have merit. What say you cons. Cramer for fed transportation, and military bases and medicare.Where is follow up question for Cramer- What should North Dakotas sacrifice be?
What are some of your solutions for health care?
Schaffner Feds should support tax breaks for small business. against wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Against portability of insurance, for tort reform, have medicare level for States,
Airbases and infrastructure not pork. Aside from health care whats the dif between them and the incumbents. Nothing. Rob I hope you can get more in depth with the candidates next time. Host a debate.

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