Mitt Romney 'genuinely cares'
Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 10:09 YouTube/Screenshot This ad from Crossroads GPS features Iraq War veteran Peter Damon veteran benefited from Romney's help. Mitt Romney hasn't talked much about his charitable work in public, and with outside spending focused on attack ads, even Republicans have been concerned that the GOP presidential nominee appears too aloof. Two new ads from outside spenders are hoping to change that. “ Genuinely Cares ” from the pro-Romney super PAC Restore Our Future and “ Mitt and David ” from the conservative nonprofit Crossroads GPS tell the stories of two individuals who received support from Romney. They are a sharp departure from both groups’ standard attack ads. Restore Our Future has spent a little more than $99 million thus far this election, with 86 percent going toward negative advertising and other campaign materials. “Genuinely Cares” features Army National Guard Sgt. Peter Damon, an Iraq War veteran, telling about how Gov. Romney ...
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Koch-funded groups attack Obama for 'war on coal'
Thursday, October 18, 2012 - 10:01 YouTube/Screenshot Pro-coal nonprofits are pounding Obama with attack ads, including this new one from American Energy Alliance. Secretive nonprofits affiliated with oil and coal companies, including Koch Industries, are hitting President Barack Obama hard for what they call his “war on coal.” Yesterday, for example, the nonprofit American Energy Alliance reported that its new ad “ Stand with Coal ,” cost more than a half-million dollars and is running for two weeks in the coal-producing states of Ohio and Virginia. The ad accuses President Obama of wanting to bankrupt the coal industry, alleging that his plan is to “kill affordable energy.” The American Energy Alliance is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, which means its donors remain unknown to the public. Its president, Thomas Pyle, is the former director of federal affairs for Koch Industries and former lobbyist for the National Petrochemical and Refiners Association. He also served as a ...
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Let the debate spin begin
Thursday, October 4, 2012 - 10:08 YouTube/Screenshot Big Bird gets crushed by an anvil at the end of the new web video from liberal super PAC American Bridge 21st Century. The super PAC was one of the first outside spenders to put together a debate response. Within hours of the close of the first presidential debate Wednesday night, the liberal super PAC American Bridge 21st Century and the Republican National Committee fired off spin reports. The RNC’s “ Smirk ” shows clips edited together of GOP nominee Mitt Romney criticizing President Barack Obama on the deficit, middle class income, health care and other issues while the camera zooms in on Obama looking down at his notes with his lips pursed and the corners of his mouth slightly turned up. Obama was accused of smugness during a 2008 debate against his then-opponent, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and the Romney team alluded to The New York Times last week that Romney’s strategy included “luring the president ...
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Issue ads make comeback
Wednesday, September 26, 2012 - 10:43 Mario Tama/Getty Images Americans for Prosperity's national bus tour, "Obama's Failing Agenda," accompanies a new issue ad campaign by the same name. Americans for Prosperity , a conservative nonprofit funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, launched a new issue advocacy campaign criticizing President Barack Obama Monday. The organization reported spending $205,000 on radio ads highlighting what the group calls Obama’s “failing agenda.” The buy will ramp up to $1.3 million, according a press release , with radio ads and calls to voters targeting 13 states. The campaign is coupled with a national bus tour. Issue ads can name a candidate but do not expressly advocate a yes or no vote. They must be reported to the Federal Election Commission as “ electioneering communications ” if, as with the new Americans for Prosperity spots, they come within 60 days of a general election. Issue advertising all but disappeared when a federal district ...
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North Dakota Senate race tightens
Tuesday, September 25, 2012 - 10:19 YouTube/Screenshot The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee's new ad claims Rep. Rick Berg isn't telling the truth about the effects of a "premium support" Medicare system on those who are already enrolled. Republican Rep. Rick Berg of North Dakota, once the favorite to replace retiring Democratic Sen. Kent Conrad, has found himself in a tight race, and spending by outside groups is flowing. Berg faces former state Attorney General Heidi Heitkamp, a Democrat. The Republican congressman absorbs a one-two punch today in ads from the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee and Patriot Majority USA . Patriot Majority USA, a liberal nonprofit, released “ More Proof ,” which features the AARP’s criticisms of the Medicare plan Berg supports — Rep. Paul Ryan’s “premium support” plan in which the government gives seniors a set amount of money to buy private insurance. The DSCC’s “ No Change ” also focuses on Medicare. It says ...
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