AUGUSTA -- Democrats have spent the past few months trying to make Republican U.S. Senate hopeful David Perdue look like Mitt Romney.
So Romney came to Georgia for the second time in the past month on Wednesday with a reminder that he won the state in his unsuccessful quest for the White House.
“Gov. Romney, welcome to Georgia,” Perdue said as the crowd of a few hundred roared. “These are our people.”
Romney spent his remarks mostly bashing President Barack Obama, though he also sneaked in a dig against Hillary Rodham Clinton for her recent corporations-don't-create-jobs gaffe, so let the 2016 speculation continue.
The former Massachusetts governor maintained that Perdue -- and Republican U.S. House hopeful Rick Allen -- would help break the Washington stalemate.
"We have to elect them to make sure we get a different course in Washington where America can solve our problems," Romney said.
Perdue praised Romney's case against Obama.
"The governor got it right: this is a failed presidency," Perdue said. "And God bless him for standing up and telling the truth."
Questions from reporters after the speechifying focused on the similarity between the attacks on Romney two years ago and those on Perdue today -- down to a shot-by-shot remake of an anti-Romney ad. Romney deployed a lunchmeat-themed Newt Gingrich-ism in response.
"I think the people of Georgia have shown time and again they don't fall for that baloney. They instead look at the issues. They recognize the character of the person, that kind of record. Twenty thousand jobs [created at Dollar General]. I mean that's pretty darn impressive."
The Nunn campaign, meanwhile, is not backing off its assault on Perdue's career. It is putting money behind a series of web ads linking people to Perdueresume.com, an unfriendly look at the Republican's career, done as a fake resume. A sample banner is below.
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