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Koch-backed group makes Solyndra ad buy
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0112/71433.html[font face=Times,Times New Roman,Serif][font size=5]Koch-backed group makes Solyndra ad buy[/font]
By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 1/13/12 7:07 PM EST
[font size=3]Americans for Prosperity is going up with a $5 million ad buy against President Barack Obama on Solyndra
The conservative group connected to the Koch brother oil magnates will spend $5 million for network and cable TV ads running Monday through the Jan. 24 State of the Union in critical swing states Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
AFP also is paying more than $1 million for social media sites to display the ads, which begin: "We all know about Solyndra. The White House emails. The FBI raids."
AFP President Tim Phillips told POLITICO that the group also considered airing the commercials in Florida but backed down because the airwaves there are saturated with expensive commercials for the GOP presidential candidates.
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By DARREN SAMUELSOHN | 1/13/12 7:07 PM EST
[font size=3]Americans for Prosperity is going up with a $5 million ad buy against President Barack Obama on Solyndra
The conservative group connected to the Koch brother oil magnates will spend $5 million for network and cable TV ads running Monday through the Jan. 24 State of the Union in critical swing states Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Ohio, Virginia and Wisconsin.
AFP also is paying more than $1 million for social media sites to display the ads, which begin: "We all know about Solyndra. The White House emails. The FBI raids."
AFP President Tim Phillips told POLITICO that the group also considered airing the commercials in Florida but backed down because the airwaves there are saturated with expensive commercials for the GOP presidential candidates.
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