Health Care and the 2012 Election  | Tue Oct. 18, 2011 7:44 AM
GMT  This isn't exactly big news or anything, but the Los
Angeles Times reports today on just how much of a litmus test
repeal of Obamacare has become for Republican activists:
Republican activists, increasingly optimistic they can win the
White House and Senate next year, are beginning to lay the
groundwork for a multi-pronged campaign in 2013 to roll back
President Obama's sweeping healthcare overhaul. The push
includes an effort to pressure Republican candidates to commit
to using every available tool to fully repeal the law, a tactic
pioneered by conservative activist Grover Norquist, who made an
anti-tax pledge de rigeur for GOP politicians.  …Some activists
are so concerned that Republicans will miss their chance that
they are trying to lock GOP candidates into using a
controversial parliamentary tactic known as budget
reconciliation to circumvent Senate Democratic opposition to
repeal. "This needs to be a threshold question for both presid