Bruce Bartlett: Perry an 'idiot'

The war of words against Rick Perry continues to escalate, with frequent rogue Republican Bruce Bartlett getting in on the action:

Advertisement Former Treasury official Bruce Bartlett labeled newly-minted Republican presidential candidate Rick Perry "an idiot" Friday. Bartlett, who served at Treasury under former President George H.W. Bush and as a domestic policy adviser to the late President Ronald Reagan, delivered the choice words to the Texas Gov. in reference to his recent comments about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke. "Rick Perry's an idiot, and I don't think anyone would disagree with that," Bartlett said Friday on CNN's "American Morning."

As CNN notes, Bartlett is also the author of an anti-George W. Bush tome, so we're not exactly talking about a friend of the GOP base here.

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