The Romney campaign and the pro-Romney Restore Our Future PAC have together thrown down $13 million for ads in Florida, where they've had an on-air presence since mid-December. He just released the following anti-Gingrich ad online (note that it ends with Newt referring to "Marianne"):
Gingrich's Super PAC, which just received a $5 million infusion from Sheldon Adelson's wife, hits back hard:
Greg Sargent is wowed:
A number of observers have been rightly mystified by the failure of Romney’s rivals to fully exploit this line of attack, particularly since all this stuff is right there in the video files. Now it’s getting a full airing at a moment when conservative doubts seem to be mounting about Romney at an exponential pace. The inventor of government run health care? Brutal. Just brutal.
The SEIU and the Democratic Super PAC Priorities USA have joined forces against Romney in Florida. Listen to the Spanish-language radio spot, entitled "Dos Caras" ("Two Faces"), here. From a translation:
On the one hand, he launches a commercial here in Florida targeted to Hispanic voters to try and convince us that he shares our values. But in another state he boasts about having the endorsement of Kris Kobach, a leader in the anti-Hispanic movement and author of many anti-immigrant laws like Arizona’s SB 1070 that unfairly attack our families and spread fear and uncertainty in our communities.
Ron Paul's PAC is reportedly gearing up to go negative against Gingrich in Florida. Meanwhile, here's the RNC's rebuttal to the State of the Union address (running in Michigan, Virginia, North Carolina, and DC):
Karl Rove's version:
The Dish 