New Rick Perry Ad Goes After Rick Santorum on His Defense of Pork-Barrel Spending; Draws Parallel between Santorum and Barack Obama – Video 1/2/12

Here is video of a new Rick Perry web ad that goes after Rick Santorum’s defense of “earmarks,” calling him “a porker’s best friend.”

The ad gives multiple examples of pork-barrel spending Santorum supported when he was in Congress. It also draws a parallel with Barack Obama, showing an image of Obama’s face that morphs into Santorum’s face with the words: “Wasting taxpayer dollars. Senator with no Executive experience. Too close for comfort.”

Expect to see more of this as the battle moves to New Hampshire and South Carolina if Santorum does as well as expected in Iowa. Santorum has not had to withstand attacks until now, for the most part, because his poll numbers were so low for so long no one took him seriously. Santorum joined with Michele Bachmann in relentlessly attacking Rick Perry during debates when Perry was high in the polls, hammering him on the “Gardasil vaccine” and on immigration. Now, it appears, Perry is ready to return the favor as Santorum takes his turn in the sun.