Another Republican Group Buys Pennsylvania Air Time

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

Another major Republican player is making a big bet that Mitt Romney has a chance of winning Pennsylvania.

Americans for Prosperity, the conservative advocacy group that is backed by the Koch brothers, will spend $5 million to run commercials there criticizing President Obama.

Pennsylvania has suddenly become a hotbed of action in the presidential race, after appearing largely out of play for the last few months.

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Restore Our Future and Americans for Job Security, two “super PACs” backing Mr. Romney, and the Republican Jewish Coalition are all spending large sums of money to advertise in Pennsylvania.


Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/10/30/another-republican-group-buys-pennsylvania-air-time/

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The Romney campaign and its allies have so much money that they can throw money around on longshots.

[onehandle]

1. I'm only seeing Democratic ads in Philly. It's a bluff. nt

[cstanleytech]

2. Isnt it odd that the varies groups are deciding to do this now, why it kinda smacks of

collusion on their part but of course that cant be the case because that would be illegal.

[alcibiades_mystery]

3. They know now that they can't win Ohio

These longshot states are their only chance.

Let them waste their money.

[LawnKorn]

11. The Republicans know Mittens is not going to win at all

It has been President Obama all the way, and nothing has changed now. The Pukes are just wasting their time, money and effort.

[AlinPA]

4. Just saw an ad trashing the President and the "Forward" theme. KDKA TV (Pittsburgh station)

[Freedomofspeech]

5. Armstrong Cable gave the koch brothers

1.5 million in free air time. We are cancelling and getting Direct TV tomorrow.

[Dark n Stormy Knight]

6. Another potentially important factor--we have no early voting in PA, so, aside from some absentee

voters, everyone here is still theoretically still open to persuasion.

[badhair77]

7. A local station has played one several times.

Restore Our Future has produced one about The New Normal - as in living with high unemployment, poor economy, etc. It's a nasty piece of work. They seem to think nothing happened in America before 2008.

[FVZA_Colonel]

8. Yeah, I doubt Obama will ever go below 7% ahead.

[PADemD]

9. Not many people in the Lehigh Valley will see those ads.

A lot of people are still without electricity.

[PopeOxycontinI]

15. another LV denizen here...

good point. I'm one of the lucky ones with power that just came back on.
But PPL seems to be twiddling their thumbs.

[1ProudAtheist]

10. "Pissin' Into The Wind"

Will only get you soaked in your own urine. All of the money wasted in PA is money not available in other places. Now, if they really wanted to seem genuinely American, they would send all of that money to FEMA or the Red Cross, but hey, there is no return on the dollar in spending such as that. Never mind........a rediculous thought on my part.

[Botany]

12. pounding sand down a rat hole

n/t

[heaven05]

13. IF

a logical, rational, reasoning human being has not by now made up their mind about who is best to lead our country for the next four years they are just stupid. Period.

[hexola]

14. WGAL NBC/Lancaster seems suddenly full of very negative Obama = Bad Economy ads

I'll try to note some of the sponsors.

I've seen one with Clint Eastwood narration and another a few minutes later about how bad time are and how we cant afford another 4 years...blah..blah...

There has been very few TV campaign ads so far...

But also one Pro-Casey ad - against "TEA Party Tom Smith" - This race seems hot - Smith has been airing some sort of "Coal Miners Son" ads, Obama will take your way of life...etc..etc.

[blue neen]

16. Little do they realize what a waste their money is.

Everyone is muting the commercials.