ACT, which was launched with help from a $5 million gift from billionaire businessman George Soros as well as from labor unions and liberal interest groups, had originally planned to spend $100 million this year. It has now upped that budget to $125 million.
Leonard also speaks for The Media Fund, another independent group, which expects to collect $50 million to run anti-Bush ad campaign.
Among the few efforts on the other side, the group Swift Boat Veterans for Truth has reported raising more than $150,000, mostly from Republican donors, to run an ad attacking Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.
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Rush must have read my post!!!! Discussing this right now.