In wake of his 12-point defeat in the South Carolina primary (which no previous Republican nominee has lost), Mitt Romney’s principal challenge is to convince Republican primary voters that he shares their core convictions and concerns. Above all, he needs to convince them that he shares their determination to repeal every last one of the 2,700 pages of Obamacare. 

Newt Gingrich unequivocally lists repealing Obamacare as his top legislative priority and has added that he would make repeal “the campaign theme in September and October.” Rick Santorum says that “the most important issue that this country is dealing with right now” is “the robbing of our freedom because of Obamacare.” But Romney hasn’t described Obamacare, or the need for its repeal, in such resounding terms.