Pro-Obama groups tie Romney to oil industry in TV ad

Two groups supporting President Obama are slamming Mitt Romney as the "$200 million man" who is the tool of the oil industry in a new TV ad that seeks to play up an issue dear to voters: gas prices.

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Priorities USA Action, a super PAC with ties to veterans of the Obama and Clinton administrations, and the League of Conservation Voters are reportedly going to spend $1 million to air the ads in the swing states of Colorado and Nevada.

The ad buy was reported by several news outlets this morning, including Politico, CNN and The New York Times.

Romney has played up high gas prices as a sign of what he calls Obama's failure in handling the economy. During his primary night victory speech last night, he asked the crowd in New Hamsphire "are you paying less at the pump?" and the audience responded: "No."

Andrea Saul, a Romney spokeswoman, said in a statement today that Obama and his Democratic allies "will do whatever they can to try to deflect blame and cover up for Obama's failure to control gas prices."

"Blaming Mitt Romney for President Obama's failed record on energy and the economy will do nothing to help the household budget squeeze Americans are facing," she said.