Update Thursday 8:54 a.m. -- Romney's camp has pulled their video. See our story here.
During last night's debate, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney got into a few heated kerfuffles. The battle between the relatively-more-moderate Romney and the self-described "authentic conservative" Perry practically turned into a shoving match on stage. As the two interrupted and tried to shout each other down, I was half hoping that Dana Carvey dressed as Ross Perot would jump out from behind Michele Bachmann's epaulets and say, "Can I finish? Can I finish can I finish can I finish?"
Anyways, today brings a video from Romney attacking Perry on his relatively poor overall debate performances. It makes for an interesting contrast with Perry's more theatrical production.
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First, here's Perry's attack on Romney, called "Romney's Remedy," which looks like a Michael Bay movie and was released on a fundraising page about two weeks ago:
Interestingly, the clips of Romney in this video seem to disprove some of Romney's statements last night about his health care plan in Massachusetts. During the debate, I thought I heard him say he didn't think it should be applied nationwide? And in this video, it's edited to suggest he did? I wonder if we'll see a "Flip Flopper" video from Perry's camp on that issue soon.
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Today, Romney released a video entitled "Ready to Lead?" attacking Perry's relative inarticulateness and hot-headed temperament, as has been on display during recent Republican debates. The ad seems to make some argument that Perry's less electable, thus suggesting that perhaps Romney is more electable, or at least better able to debate Barack Obama.
What do you think? Which video will resonate more strongly with Republican primary voters? Perry's glossy trailer or Romney's media clip montage?
And isn't it interesting that Romney, leading all but Herman Cain in the polls, is back to taking shots at Perry?
During last night's debate, Rick Perry and Mitt Romney got into a few heated kerfuffles. The battle between the relatively-more-moderate Romney and the self-described "authentic conservative" Perry practically turned into a shoving match on stage. As the two interrupted and tried to shout each other down, I was half hoping that Dana Carvey dressed as Ross Perot would jump out from behind Michele Bachmann's epaulets and say, "
