In today’s American Spectator I ask why Rick Santorum is the only Republican presidential candidate who has made the repeal of ObamaCare central to his campaign:
Santorum has not merely explained why ObamaCare must be repealed but has repeatedly declared it the most important issue of the campaign. In fact, he did so during the most recent GOP debate in Arizona, where he called it ‘the biggest issue in this race’ and later went on to explain why: ‘The real fundamental issue here is government coercion.’
The reluctance of the other GOP candidates to go beyond sporadic and formulaic calls for repeal certainly can’t be explained by the popularity of ObamaCare.
The latest Rasmussen survey shows 53 percent of likely voters favoring repeal while finding only 38 percent who oppose sending it to the death panel. A CNN poll indicates that half of all Americans oppose the latest of ObamaCare’s assaults on individual liberty — the anti-conscience mandate — and Gallup finds that nearly half of America’s small businesses are deliberately not hiring new workers because of worries ‘about the potential cost of health care.’
And yet Santorum is a veritable voice crying in the wilderness about repeal. To read the entire column click here.
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