Here come the ads by the GOP presidential hopefuls...
Rick Santorum becomes the first Republican presidential candidate to air an ad -- a 60-second radio one.
The ad's message is on government spending. "Someone has to have the courage to tell the American public, 'We can't afford the government we have right now, and we need to cut it back across the board."
Per the campaign, it will begin airing on Monday on satellite radio, and then later in the week in Iowa, New Hampshire, and South Carolina.
Santorum will appear at Monday's GOP debate in New Hampshire.


Courage? Rick Santorum is afraid of a surgical instrument.
The wording needs to change in Santorum's radio ad...
"We can't afford the legislators we are paying that get absolutely nothing done!"
a Rick Santorum 60 second radio commercial....What's he going to say in the other 59 seconds?
Rick Santorum is trying to run on a conservative social value platform but all eyes are on the economy. Job creation and fiscal policy will determine this election