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Crossroads Groups Launch $4.6 Million Ad Campaign Against Democratic Senate Candidates
Source: Huffington Post
Crossroads Groups Launch 4.6 Million Ad Campaign Against Democratic Senate Candidates
The Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson
Posted: 06/13/2012 9:51 am Updated: 06/13/2012 12:44 pm
American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-founded super-PAC, and its 501(c)(4) affiliate, Crossroads GPS, announced a $4.6 million ad buy Wednesday hitting six Democratic Senate candidates.
American Crossroads launched $2.6 million worth of ads running for two weeks in three states. The ads attack Democratic Senate candidates Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, Tim Kaine of Virginia and U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley of Nevada.
Crossroads GPS launched $2 million of issue ads against Democratic Sens. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.), as well as Democratic Senate Candidate Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota.
Though the issue ads appear political, they do not advocate voting for or against any candidate, and therefore the Federal Elections Commission classifies them as issue ads. According to an analysis by The Huffington Post's Dan Froomkin and Paul Blumenthal, Crossroads GPS spent more than 50 percent of its budget on these type of ads in 2010.
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The Huffington Post | By Luke Johnson
Posted: 06/13/2012 9:51 am Updated: 06/13/2012 12:44 pm
American Crossroads, the Karl Rove-founded super-PAC, and its 501(c)(4) affiliate, Crossroads GPS, announced a $4.6 million ad buy Wednesday hitting six Democratic Senate candidates.
American Crossroads launched $2.6 million worth of ads running for two weeks in three states. The ads attack Democratic Senate candidates Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, Tim Kaine of Virginia and U.S. Rep. Shelley Berkley of Nevada.
Crossroads GPS launched $2 million of issue ads against Democratic Sens. Sherrod Brown (Ohio) and Claire McCaskill (Mo.), as well as Democratic Senate Candidate Heidi Heitkamp in North Dakota.
Though the issue ads appear political, they do not advocate voting for or against any candidate, and therefore the Federal Elections Commission classifies them as issue ads. According to an analysis by The Huffington Post's Dan Froomkin and Paul Blumenthal, Crossroads GPS spent more than 50 percent of its budget on these type of ads in 2010.
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Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/06/13/crossroads-groups-launch-ad-campaign_n_1592889.html
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