In a new television ad now playing in Wisconsin, Crossroads GPS spotlights a couple whose cancer-stricken son Mitt Romney befriended in 1979. The ad, titled “Mitt and David,” hits a personal “he cares” theme that another pro-Romney outside group, Restore Our...
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Crossroads Gets Personal in New Romney Pitch to Wisconsin Voters
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Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, left, addresses the volunteers who helped construct a home in Middleborough, Mass., presented to Iraq War disabled veteran Sgt. Peter Damon, right, and his wife, Jen, by the non-profit organization Homes for our Troops, in this file photo.
Pro-Romney Super-PAC Spends $17.7 Million in 10 States
The main super-political action committee backing Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney is spending $17.7 million on two television ads that will air in 10 key states this week. Restore Our Future, which is run by veterans of Romney’s 2008 campaign,...
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Mitt Romney greets supporters as he arrives at a campaign event with Senate Candidate Richard Mourdock (R-IN), left, at Stepto's Bar B Q Shack on August 4, 2012 in Evansville, Indiana.
Romney Promotes Mourdock in Indiana Senate Ad
What does a statewide candidate do if he or she isn’t polling as well as the party’s presidential nominee? Brandish the White House hopeful’s endorsement in a campaign commercial. Richard Mourdock, the Indiana Republican state Treasurer laboring to win a...
Read more »State of Play: Independent Ad Spending
You won’t hear “I’m Barack Obama, and I approve this message” or “I’m Mitt Romney, and I approve this message” on these commercials, but if you live in a swing state, you’re seeing plenty about both candidates from political groups...
Read more »Planned Parenthood Attacks Romney on Ohio and Virginia Radio
Planned Parenthood, which Mitt Romney has said wouldn’t receive federal funding in his administration, is running radio advertisements through a political arm attacking the Republican presidential nominee in two key states. Planned Parenthood Votes will spend $578,000 on two weeks of...
Read more »Bloomberg by the Numbers: $686 Million
That’s how much money outside groups told the Federal Election Commission they have spent to date on the 2012 elections, according to Sunlight Foundation, a Washington-based watchdog group. Most of that money — $548 million — has gone to tell...
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Rep. Jay Inslee at the University of Washington in Seattle.
Inslee Calls in the Big Dog
President Barack Obama isn’t the only Democrat hoping to benefit from the residual popularity of former President Bill Clinton in the Nov. 6 election. Jay Inslee, a former Democratic congressman running for governor of Washington state, prominently features Clinton in...
Read more »Bachmann Uses MSNBC to Attack Opponent Graves on Health Care
Michele Bachmann, the Minnesota congresswoman who heads the Tea Party Caucus, citing MSNBC host Ed Schultz in a campaign commercial? Bachmann’s newest TV spot uses footage from Schultz’s “The Ed Show” on Aug. 17 to tie Jim Graves, a Democratic...
Read more »Wall Street as Campaign Demon: One in 10 TV Ads Aired: $91 Mln
Every campaign season has its corporate demon. In 2002 it was Enron, in 2010 it was Lehman Brothers and BP. There’s a new scapegoat this year, with spending higher than ever. As we report on Bloomberg Television today, one of every 10...
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The NRA began a television advertising campaign today on Romney’s behalf, debuting a 30-second commercial this morning in Cincinnati.
NRA Targets Obama In Ohio TV Ad
The National Rifle Association invested more than $2 million in the presidential race within 48 hours of endorsing Republican Mitt Romney last week, according to Federal Election Commission records. The money was used for online and e-mail advertising, direct mail,...
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