GOP allies blitzing Democrats with campaign ads

[TomCADem]

Source: Seattle Times

WASHINGTON — Groups allied with the Republican Party and financed in part by corporations and millionaires have amassed a crushing 6-to-1 advantage in television spending over those who support Democratic candidates.

Ads purchased by the GOP-aligned groups are dominating the airwaves, early voting has begun in some states, and Republicans are positioned to jeopardize Democratic control of the House and Senate.

The three major Democratic Party committees reported a combined cash advantage of more than $20 million over their Republican counterparts heading into September. But the advertising mismatch among outside groups, reflected in documents obtained by The Associated Press and a study by the Wesleyan Media Project, has wiped out that edge and is hampering efforts by President Obama and Democratic leaders to sway a shrinking number of undecided voters.

Helped by looser fundraising rules in the aftermath of a Supreme Court ruling in January, about two dozen organizations intended to benefit Republicans are active in House and Senate races; fewer than 10 are aimed at helping Democrats.


Read more: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2013013203_campspend28.html

[AlinPA]

1. Don't be surprised that the corporations spend a few billion dollars on this election.

That is a drop in the bucket for them.

[sadbear]

2. What?

I was certain the Citizens United decision was going to work in our favor. What happened? :sarcasm:

[TomCADem]

5. Per Fox News, Citizens United Was Groing To Free Unions To Spend Billions....

I guess unions are not quite the boogey man that the right wing would have you believe.

[OnyxCollie]

3. K&R. nt

[Suich]

4. We're getting carpet-bombed here in Seattle

with Dino Rossi ads. He's a Republican businessman (land developer, I think) running against 3 term senator Patty Murray (Mom in tennis shoes.) He ran for governor twice, and lost both times to Christine Gregoire. I think he's a joke but I'm not counting my chickens yet!

[Drale]

6. If a campaign ad comes on

when I'm watching TV, I change the channel for a minute so I don't have to listen to the lies and bad mouthing.

[HomerRamone]

7. "all the money...will be used not just 'to influence the outcome of elections'"

"...all the money spent by corporations after Citizens United can and will be used not just 'to influence the outcome of elections.'

"That lavish spending also can, and surely will, serve as a handy 'explanation' for elections stolen by the GOP. Wherever a Republican pulls off the usual 'stunning upset victory,' the press will shrug off the anomalies, however many and astounding they may be, by noting all the money spent on that Republican’s behalf."

http://markcrispinmiller.com/2010/09/saving-us-democracy-or-whats-left-of-it/