Rove’s Groups Spend Millions on Senate Ads

[TomCADem]

Source: NY Times

Karl Rove is making another big investment in the 2010 midterm elections.

The conservative American Crossroads and its related advocacy group, Crossroads GPS — both brainchildren of Mr. Rove and the Republican strategist Ed Gillespie — announced a nearly $4.25 million nationwide advertising campaign today in eight crucial Senate races.

The blitz began today and will last for a week, with ads running on network affiliates in Senate battleground states. American Crossroads, which is required to disclose its donors, is going live in Colorado against Senator Michael Bennet with a $770,000 buy, and is also showing ads against Harry Reid in Nevada, in both Reno and Las Vegas, for $350,000.

Crossroads GPS, a spinoff group incorporated under 501(c)4, is required to spend the majority of its money on issues but does not need to disclose its donors. It is running ads in Florida ($350,000), Illinois ($1,070,000), Kentucky ($310,000), Missouri $315,000), Pennsylvania ($300,000) and Washington ($780,000).

Read more: http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/roves-groups-spend-millions-on-senate-ads/

[bemildred]

1. Well, if they do all this and then lose, it will really suck the oxygen out of the room.

All the more reason to get out and vote.

[Blue Owl]

2. If Rove's turdmongering should fail...

I wonder how these uber-rich business types will take the news?

Sometimes they have their own ways of, you know, taking care of little problems...

[Historic NY]

3. Follow the money trail its leads overseas.

[TomCADem]

4. Just funnel the money through the Chamber and you can have Iran killing green energy laws...

...look at Valero and Proposition 23 in California.