American Crossroads Spends Big Bucks in Hopes of Helping GOP Regain Control of Congress

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Center for Responsive Politics: American Crossroads Spends Big Bucks in Hopes of Helping GOP Regain Control of Congress

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American Crossroads and its sister organization Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies have together spent about $18 million on independent expenditures during the first 21 days of October, most of that on television advertisements and mailings in top-tier U.S. Senate races



Top-tier Senate races have long been the target of American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS. The GOP needs to win a net 11 seats to take control of the U.S. Senate, and if Republicans pull off that feat, spending by American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS will have certainly played a part.

The two groups have advocated against Republican-turned-independent U.S. Senate candidate Charlie Crist in Florida and twelve Democratic Senate candidates in hot races -- namely, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.), Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.), Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.), Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wis.), Jack Conway in Kentucky, Alexi Giannoulias in Illinois, Joe Manchin in West Virginia, Robin Carnahan in Missouri, Lee Fisher in Ohio, Paul Hodes in New Hampshire and Joe Sestak in Pennsylvania.

They’ve also touted Republican Senate candidates, including Marco Rubio in Florida, Sharron Angle in Nevada, Dino Rossi in Washington and Rob Portman in Ohio.

American Crossroads was likely set up as a 527 to deflect attention from Crossroads GPS.

American Crossroads Rakes In Half Its Haul From a Single Donor

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1. Rove and the Republicans nearly destroyed the country, now they want to finish the job

The last two years were about blocking any attempt at recovery just so they could get re-elected.

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2. By getting the Democratic vote out

we turn this into an economic stimulus.