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Obama Spending on Attack Ads Soars
bostonherald.com ^ | July 14, 2012 | Staff

Posted on 07/14/2012 10:02:14 AM PDT by BarnacleCenturion

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s campaign has spent nearly $100 million on television commercials in selected battleground states so far, unleashing a sustained early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of Republican Mitt Romney before he and his allies ramp up for the fall.

In a reflection of campaign strategy, more than one-fifth of the president’s ad spending has been in Ohio, a state that looms as a must-win for Romney more so than for Obama. Florida ranks second and Virginia third, according to organizations that track media spending and other sources.

About three-quarters of the president’s advertising has been critical of Romney as Obama struggles to turn the election into a choice between him and his rival, rather than a referendum on his own handling of the weak economy. Obama’s television ad spending dwarfs the Romney campaign’s so far by a margin of 4-1 or more. It is at rough parity with the Republican challenger and several outside GOP-led organizations combined. They appear positioned to outspend the president and his allies this fall, perhaps heavily.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2012; 2012election; alinskytactics; bhofascism; civility; corruption; democrats; election2012; elections; hopeychangey; kenyanbornmuzzie; mittromney; obama
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To: relictele

Yep the media is gladly takin the money. Looks like Obama is losing big


41 posted on 07/14/2012 7:33:26 PM PDT by Carry me back
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To: Shady

He must not be doing so great in PA. Good news


42 posted on 07/14/2012 7:38:26 PM PDT by Carry me back
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To: Venturer

you’re assuming the average voter is as intelligent as you..... nope, the average intelligence is far lower — see the non-black voters who voted for Obama (black voters I can see they got influenced by “one of our own” — of course, Obama is not African-American but half-white, half-Kenyan...


43 posted on 07/14/2012 11:32:17 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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To: Carry me back

let’s not relax until Obama is out. NO complacence. Let’s not assume he will lose. Our target is not to just have Obama lose, but to have Obama obliterated. I say put the target as Obama getting 0 electoral votes. No resting, conservatives, no rest until 0 gets 0


44 posted on 07/14/2012 11:35:05 PM PDT by Cronos (**Marriage is about commitment, cohabitation is about convenience.**)
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45 posted on 07/15/2012 2:59:24 AM PDT by ex-Texan (The Time to "Wake Up" is Over !)
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PRELUDE TO FORT HOOD








BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA'S HEROES


46 posted on 07/16/2012 3:42:50 PM PDT by devolve (-------------- ------- no servers - no intelligence ----------- ---------------------)
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