wisconsin in which he leads with obama mayorca. he says don t nominate somebody who gave us the blueprint for obama care. nominate somebody who is a true and bold conservative who will repeal it. he has seen how effective it is. i agree with charles i don t think it will be very effective or doesn t comin issue in the effectiveness as a general campaign issue if m. mitt romney is the nominee. bret: 10 seconds down the row. big issue general elections health care. no question. yes. yes. is it the nastiest you have ever seen? [ male announcer ] what if that hemorrhoid pain is non-stop to seattle?
santorum spent in puerto rico didn t do him any good and time he would have been able to spend more effectively spent in the outstate areas of illinois making sure he gets the delegates that he is expected to get there looking forward, you know, their campaign is trying to argue this is just about illinois at this point. this is about wisconsin. it s about louisiana, it s about down the road and this is a long fight. that s the argument i think that most effective for them to make at this point. because mitt romney is expected to do well in illinois tomorrow. bret: listen to the two candidates talk about puerto rico and the results. conservative principles are applying in puerto rico. those people who don t think that latinos will vote for republic need to take a look in puerto rico. we stood up for the truth in puerto rico. mitt romney pandered. he went down there and while he says that he is english the language of america he goes down to puerto rico and says
select romney as the nominee. we may be doing that. for two years the white house has said the more the public learns about the law the more they like it. why are the poll numbers so bad? he blames it on attack ads. they still believe this is about messaging, not the subject of the law. bret: health care is one of the issues. and central illinois is the battleground tonight as republic candidates prepare for a huge primary in that state tuesday. both mitt romney and rick santorum are holding events this evening downstate. correspondent steve brown sets the stage from chicago. thank you puerto rico. mitt romney s sweeping victory in puerto rico s caucuses on saturday was still prompting questions today for rival rick santorum. do you regret the time you spent in puerto rico? we are campaigning everywhere. good luck. you know, when we stood up for the truth in puerto rico, mitt romney pandered. but santorum s choice to campaign in puerto rico cost him time in illinois
this president believes that federal bureau democrats could do a better job than can you deciding what should be in your insurance policy. ultimately what kind of care you should receive. if i m president, i will repeal obama care. [ applause ] day one, we will stop it. i mean, for romney to get out and say i would repeal it that s fine. and i believe him. but it doesn t have the power politically to motivate people to vote or volunteer that someone who has been a permanent opponent does. i mean, you are effectively giving that issue up if you select romney as the nominee. we may be doing that we may end up doing that. bret: cuccinelli has not endorsed anyone in this primary battle. is he making the case about the health care issue. he has been fervent in this regard. one of the first to get involved in terms of challenging the law. a sign of things to come. one of the reasons that the tea party base that we were just talking about that were so instrumental opposing the 2010
to come to mitt romney. if you talk about the flip flop here. his ability to walk the fine line. i was talking about it for one state. not for the nation and finding out that he had said, in fact, that he was recommending all of this makes it very difficult for the right to embrace him on this point. one final thought on this though is, you know what? we talk about people not liking this law as it is. people don t like the status quo. i think you are going to see more of that in terms of white house offensive to seniors, to parents who are not able to keep their kids on their insurance plan. bit by bit making the case. you know what? this is better than allowing the insurance companies to rule bret: also a lot of the positives are in place and the taxes start january 1st. right. bret wreath 2013. charles about the primary battle. i think cuccinelli is right. that romney is not the best advocate of abolishing it. although and it hurts him in these contests against santorum and