Super PACs role in race falls short of expectations
By the time the dust settles, barring a dramatic change in the final weeks, the chief effect of the super PACs on this election may have been as a means for Republicans to attack each other. …
Thanks to the early GOP primary battles, the tally as of last week was lopsided: $162 million had been spent on damaging Republicans, compared to $115 million to attack Democrats, according to an analysis by The Washington Times.
A massive super PAC advantage that Mr. Romney was expected to have, thanks to his support in the financial industry, never materialized, with Priorities USA, the major pro-Obama super PAC actually levying slightly more attacks on Mr. Romney than Restore Our Future has on President Obama. …
In Senate races, $39 million in super PAC ads have been run against Republicans, versus $15 million that backed a Republican or attacked a Democrat.
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Does anyone know how much the Romney camp has on hand right now?
It’s telling that even with the disparity, Romney’s ahead at this stage.
changer1701 on October 10, 2012 at 11:00 AM
Crossroads has come out with some pretty sharp ads. So there’s that.
When I first heard the Big Bird ad by the donkeys, I thought it was another Onion spoof that got mistaken for reality. Maybe the Onion and the DNC are merging.
platypus on October 10, 2012 at 11:10 AM