Perry Airs First TV Ad in Iowa

AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain

Republican presidential candidate Texas Gov. Rick Perry holds up the tax form he says that American's would fill out as he outlined a broad economic proposal of a flat 20 percent income tax rate during a news conference Tuesday, Oct. 25, 2011, at the State House in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Mary Ann Chastain)

By National Journal Staff

Updated: October 26, 2011 | 1:17 p.m.
October 26, 2011 | 9:12 a.m.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry kicked off his multi-million-dollar ad campaign with a spot in Iowa featuring the Republican candidate promising to create 2.5 million new jobs if he is elected president.

The ad, dubbed “Creating Jobs,” is set to debut Wednesday in Iowa and is a key part of an effort to rescue Perry’s campaign from its single-digit free fall.

It is a brief, positive spot focusing on Perry’s economic plan, although it doesn’t mention the centerpiece of his proposal, a 20-percent flat tax to replace the system of graduated income tax rates. Perry says he’ll start an economic recovery “by opening American oil and gas fields” and by cutting Obama-era red tape on business.

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