The Perry Broadsides Begin

Ron Paul attacks the Texas governor from the right:

The gist:

The ad, a six-figure buy running in Iowa and New Hampshire, cites Paul’s early support of Ronald Reagan’s presidential candidacy (“they called him ‘extreme’ and ‘unelectable,’ it says of Reagan, a reminder designed to assuage doubts about Paul’s electoral viability) and casts the 12-term GOP congressman as Reagan’s ideological heir.

Doug Mataconis points out that Paul quit the GOP in 1988 to run for president as a Libertarian. At that time, Paul reportedly said, "I want to totally disassociate myself from the Reagan Administration."