Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Santorum PAC

  • While pre-primary polls taken several days ago in Illinois suggested a close race, Romney and Restore Our future, a super Pac that backs him, unleashed a barrage of campaign ads to erode Santorums standing.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • The super PAC backing Rick Santorum's presidential bid pulled in $2.9 million in February, helping his campaign survive in the prolonged primary war against the deep-pocketed frontrunner.
  • (Politico.com)
  • Washington (CNN) – Mitt Romney and the super PAC backing his candidacy, Restore Our Future, have spent almost $4 million on broadcast and cable ads in Illinois, according to the latest media buy information.
  • (CNN)
  • Rick Santorum allies are ripping Mitt Romney for supporting the Wall Street rescue and Massachusetts' health care law in an ad that starts airing Thursday night in Illinois ahead of Tuesday's primary.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • In February, Annette Simmons gave $1 million to Red White and Blue Fund, a super PAC backing Rick Santorum. Her donation exceeded that of Santorums most public backer, Wyoming mutual fund executive Foster Friess, who kicked in another $600,000 in February.
  • (Miami Herald)
  • The pro-Santorum Super PAC -- Red, White, and Blue Fund -- is up with a new TV ad in Illinois that blasts Romney for supporting TARP and alleges that Romneys health-care law served as the blueprint for the 2010 federal health-care law.
  • (MSNBC Firstread)
  • His campaign and Restore Our Future, a super PAC that supports him, outspent Santorum and his super PAC by $3.5 million to $500,000, an advantage of 7-1.
  • (Daily Chronicle)
  • The super PAC behind Rick Santorum is going on the air today in Louisiana with an ad that drills President Obama on rising gas prices.
  • (USA Today)
  • The influential Independence Hall Tea Party Association PAC, based in the Philadelphia area, has endorsed Romney. In battles in Ohio and Michigan, Romney has been able to bludgeon Santorum with negative TV ads, outspending him 2-1 or more.
  • (Modesto Bee)
  • Santorum actually fell short of the signature threshold in Reuters suggests the campaign and its allied super PAC have spent nearly $5 million in Illinois already.
  • (Time)

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