Mitt is now running commercials, “We have a moral responsibility not to spend more than we take in.
MIRS BREAKING NEWS: Michigan Ad Buys Up To $6.6M — 2:53 p.m.
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Combined network, cable and radio advertising buys in Michigan related to the 2012 presidential primary reached $6.6 million this morning with ads connected to the Mitt ROMNEY campaign or his SuperPAC, Restore Our Future, reaching $3.6 million, an insider source told MIRS.
Ads connected to the Rick SANTORUM campaign or his Red, White and Blue SuperPAC has hit $2.2 million.
The rest of the ads are connected either to President Barack OBAMA’s SuperPAC, Obama’s campaign or U.S. Rep. Ron PAUL. A pro-life SuperPAC hitting Romney for his past abortion stands is also up with a few thousand dollars of cable.
Romney’s campaign is leaving no area of the state untouched with is advertising, purchasing time in Toledo, South Bend, Green Bay and Duluth in an effort to touch any and all potential Michigan voters with its message, the source told MIRS.
Santorum has gone negative in his new two new ads against Romney. “Say What?” aims to portray Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, as a liberal on social and conservative issues.
The spot features quotes from Romney, though without dates, expressing support for abortion rights and earmarks. The spot has an oft-quoted headline that a Romney adviser “admits Romneycare was [the] blueprint for Obamacare” and another headline with Romney saying he doesn’t line up with the National Rifle Association’s (NRA) agenda.
Santorum, on the other hand, is lauded as a “trusted conservative.”
The ad is here.
Santorum’s second spot, “Your Side,” hits on economic issues.
“Who’s on the side of Michigan workers?” the narrator asks. “Not Romney. He supported the Wall Street bailout while turning his back on Michigan workers.”
The ad alludes to Romney’s stance against the auto bailout, but declines to note that Santorum shares that position. The ad focuses on Santorum’s promise to cut taxes for manufacturers “to bring back American jobs from overseas” and cutting taxes overall.
The ad is here.
Meanwhile, Obama isn’t letting the opportunity to further pound Romney for his 2008 “Let Detroit Go Bankrupt” op-ed in the New York Times pass it by.
The headline is front and center in a new Obama campaign ad that’s airing in the lead up to Tuesday’s presidential primary. But Romney wasn’t the only one Obama goes after for being against the auto bailout — he points the finger at all GOP presidential candidates.
The spot, “Made in America,” trumpets Obama’s role in turning around the auto industry.
“But when a million jobs were on the line, every Republican candidate turned their back. Even said, “Let Detroit go Bankrupt,’” the narrator says. “Not him [Obama]. Now, a retooled, restructured industry is back because of the grit and sacrifice of Michigan workers.”
The ad is here.
The pro-Life Super PAC hits Romney for his “abysmal record regarding the protection of human life,” according to the group’s release. The ads will air starting today on cable and will feature two spots during the broadcast of the Daytona 500.
The group said that during his term as Massachusetts governor, Romney enforced a law that required Catholic hospitals to perform abortions. He allegedly also appointed a “notorious pro-abortion judge” and provided taxpayer funded abortions in “Romneycare.”
“Mitt Romney says he’s pro-life, but actions speak louder than words,” the ad states.