The anti-Bain ad targets Obama’s Republican challenger Mitt Romney, who once headed the Boston-based private equity firm, and has been criticized by Republicans and independent fact-checking organizations. Priorities USA Action announced the ad on Aug. 7, and it has attracted...
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Over The Top? — `Outside Group’ Cited for `Disgusting’ Campaign Ad
President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign operatives and allies have taken some heat for a Web-ad that the super-PAC backing Obama has prepared. It features Joe Soptic, former employee of a company that Bain Capital closed, speaking of losing his wife...
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Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Bowling Green, Ohio.
Big Checks from Big Names Bankroll Romney-Backing Super-PAC
Restore Our Future, a super-PAC supporting Republican Mitt Romney’s campaign for president, amassed $20.7 million in June largely through big checks from familiar Republican donors. More than 60 percent of the money came from just three wealthy families, today’s Federal...
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Mitt Romney and Newt Gingrich ads.
King of Negative Ads Goes Positive in Latest Buy
Restore Our Future, a super-PAC supporting Mitt Romney, was a killing machine during the Republican presidential primary contests, blasting opponents Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich with more than $35 million worth of negative ads. But has the super-PAC since embraced its...
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Mitt and Ann Romney with their family in Bedford, N.H.
Romney Super-PAC Revives Rosengate for Mother’s Day
Happy Mother’s Day, from Restore Our Future. The super-PAC supporting presumed Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said it has a new television ad on the air today that includes comments Obama supporters Hilary Rosen and Bill Maher made last month...
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Indiana Treasurer Richard Mourdock signs a campaign banner in Indianapolis, on May 8, 2012, after he defeated incumbent Sen. Richard Lugar in the primary.
Mourdock Raises Specter of ‘Obama’s Super-PACs’ in Indiana
It’s a well-worn tactic of a political candidate to plead for campaign funds by painting an apocalyptic portrait of the well-funded opposition. Richard Mourdock needs money. And the Indiana Republican state Treasurer who vanquished Senator Dick Lugar yesterday has his...
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