Three days after the New Hampshire Republican Presidential Debate, Tim Pawlenty is following through with an attack on Mitt Romney's healthcare plan.
The Former Governor of Minnesota used the phrase "Obamaneycare" on Fox News Sunday to link the national healthcare plan with Mitt Romney's Massachusetts plan, but when asked about it in the debate Monday evening, he appeared to back down.
"The issue that was raised in a question from a reporter was, what are the similarities between the two?” Pawlenty said at the debate, by way of explaining the phrase. “And I just cited President Obama’s own words that he looked to Massachusetts as a blueprint or a guide when he designed Obamacare."
Now, from the safety of his Twitter account, Pawlenty is back to flinging healthcare-related quips at Romney.
"On seizing debate opportunity re: healthcare: Me 0, Mitt 1. On doing healthcare reform the right way as governor: Me 1, Mitt 0," he tweeted Thursday afternoon.
As the Wall Street Journal points out, however, the score is less even in the news polls.
In a recent Wall Street Journal/NBC poll, Pawlenty had 4% of Republican support while Romney led with 30%.