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A day after it was revealed that the wife of a casino magnate, Miriam Adelson, had written a pro-Gingrich Super PAC a $5 million check, that group, Winning Our Future, says it is going up with a $6 million ad buy in Florida.
"I fully expect Newt to win Florida," Winning Our Future spokesman Rick Tyler told NBC News. "I think if he does win, this nomination process will be a lot shorter than all the pundits predicted.”
A Republican ad buying firm, Smart Media Delta, working with NBC News, confirms Winning Our Future is in the process of making 30-second and 60-second ad buys across the state.
One of the ads running will be a hard-hitting attack ad on Romney's health-care plan and for having said, "My views are progressive." (View the ad here, posted by The Washington Post, which first reported the news of the ad buy.)
“I think this is bold and new,” Tyler said. "And we have something old up already."
Winning Our Future currently has three ads running in the state, and they’re all positive Gingrich ads -- "Prosperity," "Jobs," and "Fighter." This new one will be added to the rotation tomorrow.
Gingrich and his allies have been outspent $14 million to $500,000 in Florida up until now by the Romney campaign and Restore Our Future, the Super PAC supporting Romney. Restore Our Future has expanded its ad buys outside of Florida, NBC News learned this afternoon. They are the first PAC to go on air in Michigan, Nevada, and Arizona now as well.
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Speaking of Willard's health care plan...
Anyone know why he isn't running on his impeccable record as the Governor of MA? lol
Heck no Feisty this election is going to be all about records, right?
Do you happen to know why Obama isn't running on his record?
LOL....the SAME EXACT reason Mr. Socialist isn't running on his record....it blows....Nice try tho Girly_Bits....lol
Newt's gonna mop 'da floor wit Obama in Nov
So any one think Obama is nervous right now?
Having to speak in front of a jillion people has got to be tough.
After the eight years before him?
You ARE kidding, right SpanK?
This will be a cake walk for the President.
No Stupid he has only does this three times before.
Public speaking is hard. THis is about as big as it gets.
I often get a little dizzy right before I have to talk to a large group.
All I'm saying is I don't envy him right now. It's got to be hard.
I have to disagree.
I believe he knows he has this in the bag - I mean, come on; facts are facts.
Must be uncomfortable. I, fortunately [knocking wood] have never experienced that problem. But I had the same college speech Professor as Richard Lugar, and he taught us well!
You are right as many folks dread the thought of giving a speech to a large audience, but some of us live for it. Just because it's hard for you doesn't mean the same holds true for everyone Spanky.
The President seems to be more comfortable speechifying than in a 1-on-1 situation, not to mention that his greatest successes have come and his entire candidacy and Presidency is arguably based on two speeches; The first at the Democratic Convention in 2004, and his "stupid Wars" speech.
So I'm guessing that unlike you, The President will be up for the speech itself, but feel a little letdown afterwards, as many do after a performance. I love speaking in public and have had innumerable opportunities to entertain my affection. So, I suggest a soda cracker and a glass of water right before you take the podium Spanky, I've seen that combo work wonders for the pre-speech hebejebees...;-)
I think the opposition rebuttal is much harder, as it is generally done from some airless TV studio or office sans audience. Speaking all alone to a red light with no feedback or energy transfer makes it impossible to gauge your own performance or whether or not you're connecting with your audience. Give me a crowd over that scenario any day!
Careful! Starting to sound a bit like newter.
(No offense meant.)
Usually the opposite for me - nervous at first, feel great afterward.
My point being - he's under a lot of pressure. As a person I feel for him.
You got a "thumbs up" for that!
Hey= If you can't get votes with your behavior and your positions..... BUY THEM!
Yeah Stupid that a good one.
So if you had to bet Stupid who would you say will spend more money on campaigning in the general - the GOP candidate or Obama?
And if it does turn out to be Obama does that mean according to you he will have bought votes?
And I do wonder Stupid - has an ad ever caused you to vote a certain way? Do you chew Dentine because 4 out of 5 dentists recommend it for their patients that chew gum?
Too easy...
The tea-republican super pacs win hands down.
Everyone else already knows that spank... where have YOU been?
Not me... unlike a lot of you "believe anything" gullible wingnuts, I know they aren't really dentists, but only ACTORS... just like the 4 remaining Tea/GOP candidates.
Everybody, hey Stupid.
Well I guess we'll just have to wait and see which side spends the most. I'm guessing it'll be Obama, but yu never know.
All that money for silly ads.
Capitalism at its best; free enterprise, you know.
Public financing-each candidate gets the same amount. One month to campaign, one debate per week.
It will never happen, but it should...
Agree with THAT, danger...
At minimum, Citizens United must be reversed...
Capitalism is a productive economic system, that's all. It has no ethics, morals, or restraints. Corrupt individuals can use it for robbery and worse. Criticizing the way Bernie Madoff or Mitt Romney may have used capitalism is not, as Romney defensively claims, a criticism of capitalism. Only the seriously undereducated are buying his argument. Scoundrels hide behind any obfuscation they can dream up. "The dog ate my homework. Everybody does it. I didn't know then what I know now, or I would have done what I told you I did."
Ah, the television marketing people will be so pleased to see all the dollars rolling in.
:)
Gingrich should mop floors. The president is far too busy with the duties of government. He doesn't care for smearing and dirty politics. Let Gingrich mop up his own mess.
Feisty,
Willard made the decision to run on his record as a venture capitalist and his success story.
His income tax returns show he receives $57,000. a month from his investments. that is more than most teachers and police officers make in a year.
But at least as a good Mormon he does tithe. He gave 4.2 million to the Mormon Church.
Maybe his super PAC will tell the story of his health reform as governor in MA??:0)
He still refuses to release his tax returns while at Bain. Romney wrote off his integrity a long time ago. He found it taxing.
...and nearly as much to the U.S. government or about 1/3 of what he owed...
Correction to that Northstar - that's $57,000 per DAY...
Cops & Firefighters put their lives on the line every day equal to that for an annual salary...
What exactly does Willard do..?
Ahhh yesss... attempting to buy his way through the pearly gates... lol
PS: Mango Margarita's? Mmmm... ;o)
Feisty,
OMG. It is a day, $57,000. thanks for the correction.
He paid 13.9% in federal taxes. I know teachers that paid more in federal taxes.
But there are no taxes on drinks in Mexico, but a 3% fee when you use the atm machine.
Anytime Northstar...
Notice no one has answered what Willard does to earn $57K PER DAY...
Well, come to think of it, he does do laundry...
Phine is right about the TV networks raking in the big bucks. I'm betting that all the major networks had a months worth of wet dreams when the Supreme Court passed Citizens United.
Wall Street didn't buy Gingrich, they bought Romney. The radical right has the problem of matching funds. Both the candidates' net worth is zero to America.
Lions, Tigers & Bears, Oh my!! Romney won't have a huge money advantage. He needs a huge money advantage. Romney has his own money but Newt has suitors!! Love is in the air. One so glib and so anxious to please is a friend indeed to a billionaire in need.
So being progressive, moving foreward into the 21st Century is bad but regression back to the 19th Century is great! Maybe we should just go back to when the world was flat and the center of the universe.
Progressive comes from the word PROGRESS meaning to move foreward.
In the insurance world I'd bet those on the extreme right don't buy from Progressive or 21st Century as they don't like those kinds of names. They would prefer Regressive and 19th Century insurance if they existed. They seem to love private insurance companies and hate people who simply can't afford the ridiculously high premiums.
This GOP/TP food fight causes all the GOP supporting PACs and Super PACs to spend money where those supporting Obama and the Democrats keep collecting more and more to use in November. Then watch the Republicans whine and complain about uncontrolled spending in the campaign. They pushed for the Citizens United decision and now it might just backfire on them.