Jeb!'s Super PAC, Right to Rise USA, is taking aim at Marco Rubio, who is fast emerging as the odds-on establishment favorite to take on whichever candidate wins the GOP's wacko-bird outsider race.
Playing on Rubio's distinction of skipping more votes than any other U.S. senator in the last several years, the ad notes that even in the wake of recent terrorist attacks, Rubio prioritized fundraising over doing his job.
AUDIO: Days after the Paris attacks, Senators came together for a top-secret briefing on the terrorist threat, Marco Rubio was missing. Fundraising in California instead.
TEXT: Tampa Bay Times, 11/18/15
AUDIO: Two weeks later, terrorists struck again in San Bernardino. And where was Marco? Fundraising again in New Orleans.
TEXT: The Advocate, 11/30/15; The Times-Picayune, 12/2/15
"Politics first, that's the Rubio way," concludes the ad, which will begin airing in Iowa next week.
Rubio is now consistently polling in double digits in the Hawkeye State while Jeb! has been stuck in single digits there for months. The PAC will be spending nearly $1.5 million in Iowa over the next couple weeks. Of course, it's already dropped nearly $50 million in its fruitless quest to improve Jeb!'s standings.