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By Maggie Astor: Subscribe to Maggie's RSS feed
February 8, 2012 3:28 PM EST
Rick Santorum's stunning three-state sweep on Tuesday has revived his insurgent campaign, which had faded since its initial surge in Iowa. Now all eyes are on him to see if he can keep it going long enough to challenge Mitt Romney for the Republican presidential nomination.
Santorum, a former U.S. senator from Pennsylvania, is best known for his hard-line stances on social issues: abortion is wrong even in cases of rape, incest or threat to the mother's life; birth control is "a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be"; homosexuality is comparable to bestiality and pedophilia. But his presidential campaign has forced him to branch out in order to convince Republican voters that he is not a one-trick pony -- that he is not just a strong social-policy candidate, but a viable economic- and foreign-policy candidate as well.
Here is an overview of Santorum's positions on a variety of issues. For a more detailed profile, click here.
ECONOMIC ISSUES
Entitlements:
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- Raise the eligibility age for Social Security and Medicare
- Change the formula for cost-of-living adjustments
- Prohibit the use of surplus Social Security funds for other purposes
- Supported U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan's, R-Wis., plan to privatize Medicare
- Apply entitlement reforms not just to future recipients, but to people currently receiving benefits
Health care:
- Repeal the 2010 health care law, which he calls "the most dangerous piece of legislation in many generations"
- Allow insurers to charge more for pre-existing conditions
- Standard health insurance should not cover routine care or "general maintenance"
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