A primary reason that I chose to run this election cycle is that I believe ObamaCare is an assault on America’s system of limited government. I believe in American solutions to America’s challenges. This is how we renew our economy and our prosperity. Our founding fathers wisely designed a Constitution that protects individual liberty by limiting the scope and size of government. Pretending that one will only be big government at the state level and not at the federal level, if given the opportunity, doesn’t pass the commonsense test for most Americans. Unlike on Wall Street, in government, past performance does indicate future performance. It’s also the best thing that voters have to go on.

The authors of the Constitution correctly understood that there is an inverse relationship between the size of government and individual liberty. ObamaCare is a dramatic departure from our tradition of limited government and needs to be stopped. And, unfortunately, Mitt Romney does not offer a satisfying or credible alternative to the Democrats’ view of an ever-expansive government. Unlike Governor Romney, I have successfully led on free-market solutions for our healthcare needs and challenges like health savings accounts and choice and competition in Medicare. I have led the charge to end and reform entitlements, not to add to them.

President Obama would love for the Republican voters to neutralize this central issue in the 2012 debate about our vision for America and her future. Let’s embrace freedom instead.