The Romney campaign added one more ad and state, Wisconsin, to their avalanche of battleground ads:
That makes the blitz now sixteen ads across nine states since Friday. Alex Burns contextualizes:
There's still no advertising in Michigan or Pennsylvania, giving Romney a challenging nine-state target list for the fall campaign. But the addition of Wisconsin is the first real change to the map in 2012 and a potential offset to Romney's difficulties in Ohio and Western states with sizable Latino populations.
The Romney campaign also released the following Spanish language ad (size/scope unknown):
Meghashyam Mali captions:
The ad then showcases seven Latino voters who share their disappointment with Obama’s policies. "I voted for Obama four years ago. I believed in what he said," says one voter, identified as Gustavo Pinto. Another, Sandra Mora, adds, "He tells us a lot of nice things, then forgets about us."
"Obama has no idea what we are going through," says Lilly Lopez, while Roberto Serna adds "He looks like a nice guy, but that doesn’t get us jobs."
"Promises and promises and nothing," says Aline Fernandez of Obama’s tenure.
The ad concludes with voter Olga Rodriguez saying "I will not give Mr. Obama four more years."
Meanwhile, the pro-Obama Super PAC Priorities USA is out with a six-state TV ad going after Romney/Ryan on taxes again (part of a $30 million buy):
And the Obama campaign produced a web video pointing to Romney and Ryan's weekend media appearances during which they declined to fill the gaps in their loophole plan:
The RNC has updated its clever "Heard It All Before" concept from last week to reflect Obama's DNC speech:
And in some downticket news, Senator Scott Brown (R-MA) is out with an ad that sides with Obama on congressional insider trading:
In various news, the Obama campaign out-raised the Romney campaign last month $114 million to $111 million, though it's worth remembering that this does not mean that Team Obama is outraising Team Romney when you include the outside money groups. The Obama campaign also released a web video targeting Catholic voters, while Planned Parenthood's Super PAC is again hitting Romney/Ryan on women's issues as part of a $1.85 million buy – though only targeting Northern Virginia with the TV ad. From the other side the NRCC is putting up attack ads in 22 districts as part of a $4 million campaign – click here for an example ad targeting Rep. Bruce Braley (D-IA) with a variety of disproven Medi-scare claims. Lastly, The Atlantic.com put together this excellent survey of the last 60 years of presidential attack ads (22 in total):
Ad War archive here.
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