A group that
supports Republican candidate Mitt Romney launched a $10-million series of
advertisements Tuesday, mainly in battleground states, knocking President Barack
Obama and congressional Democrats.
American
Crossroads, a non-profit group known as a superPAC, made an $8.3-million buy for
ads that feature small business owners blasting Obama's "bad decisions" on job
creation. The series will run in Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New
Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.
"With Barack Obama calling the shots in the
White House, entrepreneurs feel threatened and admit they are uncertain of their
ability to create jobs," said American Crossroads media relations director Nate
Hodson.
"President Obama would rather make small business owners the enemy than take responsibility for mismanaging the economy over the last four years."
Obama and Romney are locked in a bitter battle for the White House, and the 2012 campaign has been flooded with hundreds of millions of dollars in political advertising, largely negative. Raw Story
American
Crossroads, a GOP-aligned super PAC co-founded by Karl Rove, announced an $8.3
million ad buy Tuesday accusing President Barack Obama for hurting small
businesses. Huffington Post Small business
owner Bill Schams says, "Obama definitely is making things harder for us. If he
has four more years, I don't think we're gonna want to see what it looks like."
Huffington Post Crossroads GPS,
the 501(c)(4) arm of the organization that does not have to disclose its donors,
announced Tuesday a $2.3 million ad buy targeting three Senate Democratic
candidates and one House Democrat. Politico The ads target
Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) along with Senate hopefuls Heidi Heitkamp of North
Dakota and Shelly Berkley of Nevada, and Rep. Tim Bishop (D-N.Y.) The foray into
the race of the Long Island Democrat, facing allegations of soliciting a
contribution from a hedge fund investor who asked for help from his office for
his son's Bar Mitzvah fireworks show, is a first entrance for the group in a
House contest. Huffington Post
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