Jennifer Rubin: =0A Will Bachmann go on offense?
The first primary ad attacking a fellow Republican directly comes from Rep. Michele Bachmann's super-PAC. Here is the ad:
This is a third-party ad, so there should be no coordination with the Bachmann campaign. However, it doesn't take a political genius to figure out that she has the most to gain by knocking Perry down a peg and the most to lose if he continues to solidify his support. She is losing ground quickly and needs to prevent the race from being a two-man contest.
In the run-up to the last debate and in the debate itself she flicked away Tim Pawlenty's barbs and rattled off a list of his conservative heresies. Now Perry is no Tim Pawlenty, but he also hasn't taken part in a presidential debate. The opportunity for Bachmann to undercut his momentum, I suspect, won't go to waste.
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