NH Primary: The Gloves Are Off [VIDEO]

Newt Gingrich has taken the wraps off his first campaign TV commercial aimed at Mitt Romney, branding the former Massachusetts governor's economic proposal "timid."

Unveiled Thursday, the spot will run in New Hampshire and South Carolina.

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It says Romney's economic plan is "virtually identical to Obama's failed policy" and adds that "timid won't create jobs and timid certainly won't defeat Barack Obama."

The ad portrays Gingrich's proposal as "a powerful plan for growing our economy and creating jobs."

Appearing in Plymouth, N.H., on Thursday, Gingrich called on Congress to defund the National Labor Relations Board after Obama circumvented lawmakers and appointed three people to the panel. Gingrich said Obama showed "a total willingness to violate the law and impose an imperial presidency."

Santorum Turns Campaign Rhetoric Against Obama

Relishing the momentum he's gained from Iowa, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum is talking as if he's the Republican presidential standardbearer, focusing his campaign rhetoric on President Barack Obama rather than his GOP campaign rivals.

Santorum tells Rotarians in Manchester, N.H., in his words, "I don't think most Americans believe the vision of America that Barack Obama is selling." Santorum, who finished just eight votes behind Mitt Romney in Iowa's precinct caucuses Tuesday night, also says "we have a president who doesn't understand us." He accuses of Obama of having run "roughshod" over the constitutional separation of powers doctrine by installing a new head of a federal consumer protection agency without getting the Senate's approval.

The former senator chastises Obama, saying "you are not above the law, Mr. President."

Huntsman Gets Early Start To Another Day In NH

Former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman continues to pitch himself as the underdog in the race for the GOP presidential nomination as he starts a busy day of campaigning in New Hampshire.

Huntsman told a Rotary Club early Thursday morning in Hampton that he's counting on New Hampshire's tradition of moving an underdog from the back of the pack to the front. And he repeated his criticism of front-runner Mitt Romney, saying a candidate who's been on the receiving end of Wall Street largesse won't bring about\ the change the nation needs.

Huntsman, who skipped Tuesday's Iowa caucuses, has lagged far behind Romney in both fundraising and polls in New Hampshire.