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| Presidential Candidate Rick Santorum in Janesville |
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| Written by Terry Mayer | |||
| Wednesday, 28 March 2012 13:19 | |||
Photography by Terry Mayer Santorum makes his pitch to Janesville voters
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Sen. Rick Santorum hopes to make a stand in Wisconsin's Republican presidential primary Tuesday and put a dent in Mitt Romney's delegate lead.
Although the Romney camp is significantly has outspent Santorum in the state (See Sunday's Messenger, page 6), Santorum has invested a large amount of his time campaigning in person.
At a campaign stop in Janesville Tuesday, Santorum appealed to a gathering at the Armory of about 150 people to spend the week leading up to Tuesday's primary election encouraging people to vote for him.
He said he is the best candidate to beat President Barack Obama in the general presidential election.
The crowed cheered when Santorum vowed to put Obamacare at the front and center of the campaign if he wins his party's nomination. He said his opponent, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, supports government-mandated health care such as the Affordable Care Act, known to some as Obamacare.
A vote for Santorum is a vote against Obamacare, Santorum said.
"If it is a front and center issue, and I win this election, it will be clear that there is a mandate to repeal Obamacare," he said.
Santorum also criticized Romney for being too liberal and too much like Obama in his views on energy policy, his support of caps on carbon dioxide production and his opinion that global warming is a man-made issue.
Not everyone in attendance was a Santorum supporter. About 10 people protested on the sidewalk in front of the Armory before and during Santorum's rally. Most of the protest signs were pro-choice.
Most of the signs inside the rally were waved by Santorum supporters, although one man held a "Billionaires for Santorum" sign. He waved it when Santorum talked about creating incentives to bring more manufacturing jobs back to the United States.
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