Episode 113 - Understanding the Florida Health Care Ruling, Ronald Reagan Liberal Icon

Podcast Episode Summary

Is Ronald Reagan, Conservative Republican Diety, in fact a liberal icon? What would the 2012 GOP field say about a politician who raised taxes, grew the size of government, doubled the size of a federal agency he proposed to abolish (education), restored social security solvency instead of changing the program as promised and backed pro-union legislation? Could a candidate with those views survive the Republican Primary? What if that candidate was Ronald Regan? What does the ruling on health care reform mean? Is the individual mandate dead? What would people think if they knew the individual mandate was first proposed by Republican Senator Bob Dole in reaction to Hilary Clinton's proposed employer mandate?  Is the individual mandate a good idea on its merits? How did it find its way into health care reform legislation? The show is kicked off this week with a discussion of the politics of Egypt and what it means for U.S. politics and foreign policy. Always irreverent and informative, it's PoliTalk, your weekly political podcast. Engaging political discussion without the fighting...and with a few laughs. It's the Car Talk of Politics, hosted by former Biden, Rockefeller and Mitchell aide Jeff Kimball and Glenn Gaudet.