Let’s see, who is considered the most likely Democrat presidential nominee for 2016? That would be former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. And which Republican candidate finished second to Mitt Romney in the campaign for the 2012 GOP presidential nomination? That would be former Sen. Rick Santorum. So political observers can be forgiven for suspecting that there might be something more than “issue advocacy” involved in the sledgehammer blows at a certain former Secretary of State in this new video from Santorum’s group, Patriot Voices:

Sure, the 2016 Iowa caucuses are still 31 months away. And sure, Hillary Clinton’s poll numbers aren’t looking too good lately. But to quote the words of a certain former Secretary of State, “What difference, at this point, does it make?”