Santorum: Health Care Will Sink Romney in 2012
The Hill reports:
Former Sen. and likely 2012 Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum (Pa.), is getting tougher on some of his potential GOP rivals, particularly the man many peg as the early frontrunner — former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney.
In an interview with The Hill, Santorum said the path to the GOP nomination for the candidate he endorsed in 2008 may be all but blocked in 2012 thanks to the healthcare law Romney signed as governor of Massachusetts.
"I think it's hard to see a path for him given the 'Obamacare' issue," Santorum said, noting the similarities between the healthcare plan championed by Romney and the one enacted by congressional Democrats and signed into law by President Obama last year. "It's just hard for me to see how he gets past that [in a Republican primary]."
The shot across Romney's bow comes as Santorum is ramping up his own efforts in the early primary states. He plans to announce his first staff hire in New Hampshire before the end of this week and will visit the Granite State for the eighth time later this month.
Santorum has also made more than a dozen visits combined to the early states of Iowa and South Carolina. ...
