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The game of Poker in Michigan between Romney and Santorum allies just got a little richer.
The pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future just bought up almost another $1 million in ad time in Michigan, bringing its overall buy so far to about $3.2 million, according to NBC/Republican ad-tracking firm Smart Media Group Delta.
This follows the Santorum campaign pushing more of its own chips in, adding $438,000 in ads in Michigan for the next two weeks, closing the gap with Romney and his allies somewhat.
Those buys followed a big $652,000 ad buy made earlier by the pro-Santorum Super PAC Red White and Blue Fund -- financed largely by Santorum supporter Foster Freiss.
Here's the current overall Michigan spending:
Pro-Romney: $3.2 million (Romney campaign $1.2 million; Restore Our Future $2 million)
Pro-Santorum: $1.1 million (Santorum $480,000; Red, White, and Blue Fund: $655,000)
SOURCE: NBC/Smart Media Group Delta
Restore shelled out another $2 million for the week after next on broadcast in Arizona, Ohio, Georgia, Oklahoma, Mississippi, Tennessee, and Alabama. Restore has now crossed the $20 million threshold for total ad spending this campaign -- $20.8 million.
Romney's campaign has now spent $13.4 million, bringing pro-Romney spending to a grand total of $34.2 million.
The next closest is $7.8 million in pro-Gingrich ads ($5.1 from Winning Our Future and $2.7 million from the campaign); then it's $6.1 million for Ron Paul; and $4.2 million for Santorum ($2.1 million apiece for the campaign and Red, White, and Blue Fund).
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I'm a deeply religious person and try not to push my believes on anyone. I'm tired of hearing about separation of Church and State but never about separation of State and Church. The government needs to get out of religion and the religion needs to get out of politics. And no I'm not a Democrat or Republican! They both leave a nasty taste in my mouth.....
Government isn't in religion. Take the contraception issue, not once does the government say you have to buy or use contraception, it just says the insurance carriers have to make it availabe.
If the Catholics who are opposed to contraception don't want to use it, they don't have to, and never will.
I love it when people same government is intruding, when they never intrude. Intruding would be "saying your can't have an abortion", in that case the government does tell you want you can and cannot do....but saying something is available if you want to use it is hardly intruding.
don I agree with you-but take it on the other extreme total freedom means you can beat your wife, have slaves, kill someone you name it-that should be the role of government make it so we have multiple freedoms yet are outlawed from doin morraly wrong and what keeps us from becomin a tolatarian unfree society
Are these the same priests that like to abuse altar boys? Sorry, but I get them ALL (since there have been many) confused.
Historically, the ONLY way right-wing mobs have maintained control is by distorting the truth and misleading the citizenry.
Imagine what it would sound like if right-wing candidates told the truth about their policies.
Senator Buffoon: "Hi, I'm running for office and I wanted to tell you about my platform. First, I want massive tax cuts for the ultra rich so they will donate more to my future campaigns and give me huge kick-backs and a obscenely paid position after I tire of fleecing the people.
"Second, I want to deregulate every f-ing industry I can get my hands on so BIG BUSINESS can run wild and do any and every destructive thing they can think of. We might even extend the tax credits to MEGACORPS like GE for exporting millions of jobs.
"Third, we will make up some science just because the real thing doesn't support our anti-environment stance. Who needs clean air and water anyway after I am dead and gone.
"Fourth, remember all those government programs that actually help people? You can forget that crap. If the poor and indigent can't pay Mitt Romney's income taxes for him then we will turn them over to the right-wing Flordians for a swift a efficient "final solution."
"Fifth, can't afford an education at the highest levels and most costly institutes? Too bad. You don't deserve one anyway. You also don't get any help with health care costs, job training, job placement or food stamps. That makes you less than human so off to Florida with you."
"Sixth, we can fix the courts. We already own most of them with our collection of kangaroos working for all sorts of mega corps. We made sure people can't do any harm to our corps or hold them accountable for nothing and justice is for those who can afford it.
"That is so over rated, that accountability thing. Who needs it? It didn't work for W and his collection of incompetents, so I say Americans don't want any accountability, oversight or efficient, working government. A lawless, chaotic society offers so many opportunities for abuse and corruption. Embrace it!
"I almost forgot. That infrastructure thing we have ignored since anti-Saint Ronny opened this holy economic class warfare? Now we need about $10 Trillion just to repair the things we should have maintained all along since 1981. Forget that crap, too. Sell ya a national park out west for mining purposes. Or an unsafe bridge in upstate New York.
"Remember my name. I am Senator Buffoon, a proud right-winger, a veteran class warrior, and have I got a boat load of composite to feed all you idiots. So, vote for me. besides, this might be the last free and open election in this country now that the ultra wealthy and Megacorps can now thankful buy any sham election they want or turn it into a parody of democracy,
"A vote for Buffoon is a vote for more destruction of our once proud society!"
If Romney loses his home state of Michigan, despite outspending Santorum 2 to 1, he's gone! Even a close win will tell the American voters loads about the opinions held by folks of Mitt Romney, folks who've had years to observe him and, throughout that time, to evaluate his character!
Still wondering how a great nation allowed a Muslim President"Barack Hussein Obama"must be the food stamps. Just the name alone should of made you clowns know better. Guess what? You all will be in for a rude awakening when Rick Santorum runs the show, A candidate that in the beginning had a 4 % approval rating and now leads the polls. Hmmmmm can you say Divine Intervention. God be with Rick Santorum and God Bless America
Proverbs16 - Muslim President? Didn't he attend a Baptist Christian Church in Chicago for 20 years? How many muslin's do that?
You'll have some explaining to do when you finally meet your maker, and he's not going to go easy on you.
Yeah right, and was it devine intervention for Perry, Bachmann, Cain, Gingrich, et al. ? Trust me no one in their right mind, even god, wants this creep in office. There's a reason he was voted out of office in Pennsylvania, because he's a nutball. Throw his fanatic religious nutsiness and he doesn't stand a chance. Trust me, the corporations have spoken and the nominee will be (dare I say it????) the MORMON GUY!
And you'll be able to thank jesus when it's all over...LOL
Oh and Proverbs...you forgot to tell us he's not a US citizen...dummy!
Well if by "leads the polls" you mean "at least 14 points down and losing all the swing states by wide margins except maybe Ohio" then, yes, sure. Reflect on the difficulties of being that far down against an incumbent candidate who hasn't even bothered to start fighting back yet. When people see the depth of Santorum's theocratic vision for America, his numbers will crash even further like they did when he lost his senate seat in Pennsylvania. He's as weak a nomination as the GOP could possibly make.
Don-2316123- I can see that you are another one of the misguided, I can see you never checked out his roots, and believe everything you hear like many other misinformed. and as far as meeting my maker I pray for the day to come. His days are numbered so get used to the fact.
Proverbs - Checked out his roots? Why don't you inform me? Other than being the son of a muslim father who left when he was very young, what roots. His mother who raised him was Christian.
It's one thing if you don't like someone's policies, it's quite another to lie about his upbringing. He's more of a Christian than you'll ever be...
I'm I'm glad you are praying for the day, you just aren't heading north my friend....
Baptist Upbringing? hmm Jerimiah Wright, He was a good role model lol, I can see you believe everything you read. You probably googled His roots. We actually have a lawyer who did much more then that .
this has got to be the most dumbass republican field i've seen in my lifetime-mccain was pathetic but the clowns you people have running now have a better chance of being president as seeing jesus walking up to you and saying hi!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
In the end, the MORMON guy will prevail. Trust me, even the religious nuts know that the placenta burying guy with genetically-defective children doesn't stand a snowballs chance in hell of beating President Obama. Lest we forget Santorum was voted out of office by an 18% margin by the people of Pennsylvania. He's as big of loser as Gingrich. I suspect the torch with pass to Ron Paul soon and then in November they will all rally around Romney and say what a good candidate he is...even Sarah what's her name.
I'm not sure... Santorum seems to be just what the GOP wants, someone who "appears" normal but is to the right of Jesus...
And that's great becasue if you can't in in Penn (Lost by 18%) as a Senator running on the same values, you surely won't win in the General...
Actually, I'm pretty sure Jesus was a liberal in ever sense of the word.
Larry - I agree. Funny how they hate liberals and worship him, who's the leader of the liberal cause.
The irony of the right is quite funny at times. Pro-life, and for the death penalty, want government out of their lives, except abortion, gay rights, or any social issue, want to be strict observers of the constitution, then call for admendments to it in Social issues, complain about the courts, when 90% of the courts of right leaning....and it goes on and on.
face it the gop knows whats best for your life , a great deal of jesus and a whole lot less of uncle sam, if you joined us you all would be believers in no time especially since all of us know you cant trust the news and all this other bs like global warmin gay is ok you name it and wait till limbaugh comes on at noon and tells us the truth somethin we all rely on and makes us all feel like true american god lovin americam patriots like hanity tells us we are, and if we actually call and get on their shows were even one more step higher than you libs thought we already were america is great thanks to god lovin patriots like these!!
Lin - You aren't real are you?
no a fake havin fun never take me seriosly
face it the lib leanin eastwood add has hurt romney-I live in michigan and the obama camp has basically said gm and chrysler would be no more and romney said so what -go through bankruptcy and if you survive the way it is-romneys right just like outsourcin-prices go down big time the economy benefits big time-sure some people lose jobs but many get rich big time-like me and romney and his stock holders-the way it is-the american way and besides why shouldnt me and romney and the rest of gopers-glad to see santorum tapped into the wall street play the stock market get rich without workin schemes and now makes close a million a year(needs to hire a tax payer pays the fed way to much) I agree with romney so what if they went under all a bunch of union over paid workers with their high benefits high pensions high medical costs-if they would willing take like 5 bucks an hour no benefits no overtime jobs we could easily take all the jobs from china back-in fact thanks to romney we are takin jobs back from china even though obama is takin credit for it-face it a ceo like mitt gets it-the tea party gets it-and the econmy is gettin better bacause of it-all we need to do is get obama and the dems out the way and things will be good agin-make it happen vote tea party were takin america back!!
Romney was dead meat in Michigan the moment he said "let them fail".
Santorum as part of his plan to bring back manufacturing jobs wants to eliminate taxes on manufacturing, which I admit might be appealing to companies that outsourced to other countries as an incentative. Now, it's interesting, but can you imagine who the right would have taken this proposal if say Obama made it. Wouldn't that be government picking winners and losers.. Isn't that what Santorum said when this administration made loans to startup green companies.
Under Santorum Solandra would have had to pay NO federal taxes..
larry,if he's smart as i know he is,thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
lin baugh-you've got to be a complete idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
just a joker havin fun -hope you enjoy the fun dont take me serious please dont want to get kicked off this site again and yes you are probably right
and of course what is not being reported, is even if santoroum wins in michigan, he could still lose the delegate count for the day, because arizona's primary is also that day, and guess what arizona is a winner take all state, so what ever bum santoorum might get from winning michigan will be wiped out because romney will likely win the delagate count, which is why i don't buy the whole if romney can't win michigan he'll lose, and also remember, much like gingrich was at a disadvnatage, so is santorum also is in virgnia, where eh also doesn't appear on the ballot
coby your right romney still is the favorite but if he wins at what cost?? do you think he will have any chance if he cant even win the lib states in the gop primaries?? I still say its the mormon thing most all see it as a cult the under wear thing dont help but hey if there not hurtin anyone and there good people well ok-kind of like the same thing the libs say about the gays-now us gopers must accept it about the mormons-kind of makes us hypocrits doesnt it-well now you see why romney is in trouble-he flip flops on most everything but wont his religion like newt did-well will give the man credit he hasnt did that in his entire life stood strong there and face it many of us love beck another mormon so there is still hope for mitt-truthfully there predictin 5 bucks plus gas this summer massive layoffs and whoever wins the gop beats obama easily-so dont give up hope chances are mitt if he survives this primary is our next pres
All of Romney's millions cannot buy him any love. Romney and the political world will realize this political season that people not money votes. Romney has spent 10 times more than his opponents yet he has gone not a bit over the 25% that he has. Santorum is benefiting only because he is not Romney. Ron Paul doesn't count and Gingrich has no place because that's been taken over by his baggage. www.sci-burr.com forsees a Santorum win of the GOP nomination as Gingrich and Paul and eventually Romney falls by the wayside.
so if the lin baugh site states ron paul will win because of the same reasons you mention you will buy in too-cripe my site must be as legitimite as yours lol
This compassionate Christian conservative founded a charity that was actually a bit of a scam. In 2001, following up on a faith-based urban charity initiative around the 2000 GOP convention in Philadelphia, Santorum launched a charitable foundation called the Operation Good Neighbor Foundation. While in its first few years the charity cut checks to community groups for $474,000, Operation Good Neighbor Foundation had actually raised more than $1 million, from donors who overlapped with Santorum's political fund raising. Where did the majority of the charity's money go? In salary and consulting fees to a network of politically connected lobbyists, aides and fundraisers, including rent and office payments to Santorum's finance director Rob Bickhart, later finance chair of the Republican National Committee. When I reported on Santorum's charity for The American Prospect in 2006, experts told me a responsible charity doles out at least 75 percent of its income in grants, and they were shocked to learn the figure for Operation Good Neighbor Fund was less than 36 percent. The charity -- which didn't register with the state of Pennsylvania as required under the law --- was finally disbanded in 2007. Huffington Post
huffington post?? thats even less more acturate than the local news-you need to get the truth from lin baugh at noon or for lesser but more factual truth tune in to faux news to get the biblical actual truth
Lin - Seriously, take an English course, learn to write... Trying to read and understand you is depressing.
sorry don but dropped of college early remember-all too lib for me
I understand that you people, as liberals, have a deep need to feel oppressed all the time by something or somebody
LOL - are you confused? Most people would think you would say this about conservatives - they are usually the ones complaining that religion isn't allowed in Public Schools - that they are being persecuted because they are religious.
Its called the "RESTORE OUR FUTURE" for a reason. The rich want the same exact future they had with Bush jr. Yeah, its totally unfortunate that the republicans cant see the way it is, with them in charge, we go straight back to the rich for the rich, and screw the rest of you!!! We need change, all right!!! But not, definately not from the republistupids. The only way to fix this mess, is to fire all of the bribe takers in washington, or wherever they have set themselves up nicely? We need to hire men like Joe, he worked at the factory for twenty five years, and lost his job due to the rich bastards that wanted it all. You know the rich idiots i'm talking about, the redumlicans. We need to make Joe the senator from Where ever he comes from. We need to hire Kathy to be the rep from Nev. We need to elect James to be President, he was the President of his own little company that Mittens tore down. We need truth in congress, in the house, in the President!!! For Americas sake, and yours, vote these idiots out, and lets make this the America it once was, Strong!!!!
this political season that people not money votes.
Sadly - history shows that the politician who spends the most money usually wins. Most would think that all those political ads would not influence a voters choice. It should not - BUT - it does.
But i tell you it's the chevy volt leads the way. Mr grover, the gop, & the rushbo will tell you you don't have to make world class products to be the largest auto mfg in the world & the volt is a waste of time. No. Everybody wants an electric car to pay equivalent $0.85/gallon gas.
Obama beats all of them anyway. There is not a chance for any of these fools we have to choose from.
not so fast soon a comin is over 5 bucks a gallon gas come summer-most all said the same thing this time a year when clinton ran against georgre bush 1 google it
Lin Bough, you absolutely crack me up! Can you really not spell, or put sentences together? I hardly understand you.
DfromSpencer - He's living proof our education system failed us.
hope you do all-just tell the moderator not to kick me off again for my extreme views now I will try to explain always im a fake and no one real and can be kept on
Well, I, for one, have missed ole "Limbaugher" on here. So I hope lin baugh doesn't get kicked off....lol
I think one thing is clear, Newt is finally DOA......He's been up twice, and did hard nose dives each time.
I'm actually thinking Santorum's the man, kind of like Jimmy Carter, without the brains. Now I wouldn't let him watch my dog, let alone run anything, but he's going to be the GOP representative. Romney just can't find any love in the GOP.....he just needs to take his millions and go back to being what he's always been, someone that feeds of other misfortunes...
You are right I think newt is dome unless rick picks him as his vp-who knows??
I think they go to the convention without a clear cut winner and Palin gets the nomination.
BREAKING NEWS the pressure is on they are releasing the votes of the missing counties waldo and waterloo vote tomorrow. It also looks like they are counting washington county on saturday. Ben Swann of foxnews Cincinnati has the votes of waterloo and waldo. He said looks like we may have a new winner saturday night. After Saturday night the world will all know how corrupt the Romney campaign is. The truth is out Ron Paul won maine.
Someone want to tell the scummy Party bosses in the Republican camp that attack ads do nothing but reinforce the general consensus that Republicans are the stupidest Politicians on the Planet? These creeps would burn there grandmothers if they could get $2 for the ashes. Romney is finished so he's blowing his Monopoly money trying to scorch his opponents. When are ALL the Campaign organizers going to learn the more you cheat and lie about your opponent, the worse you look. Republicans seem to have the market cornered on fake, exagerated tv ad lies. They really believe by insulting the American peoples intelligence, that is going to win them an election. No wonder Obama won and is going to win again. They have no credibility.
To Lin Bough: Have you really been kicked off this site? Wow! I know that you dont have a clue, but that is no reason to kick someone off this site! Just because you might have made it, that doesn't mean that the repulidums are the best bet. Every time they have been in power, this country take a nose dive! Why? Because they are for the rich, and only the rich, screw the rest of this country! Is that really what you like to see? Look at this mess we are in right now? You think its Obamas fault, No way, its bush's fault. That moron had eight years to screw this country up, and boy howdy did he!!!! I guess you dont remember that he was called the worst President in history? Thats ok, you vote your heart. That is how America works. Stay on this site, you are funny.
If people really cared about this country they would vote none of the above and get rid of these crooks.
Hey Fellas, when Obama said "Yes we can" did He mean:
Yes we can raise unemployment
Yes we can raise Gas prices
Yes we can raise the deficit
Yes we can triple food stamps
Yes we can tell children what snacks to bring to school
Yes we can foreclose on Houses
Yes we can change the Constitution
Yes we can change Amendments
Yes we can cut money from our military
Yes we can mess with Religion
Yes we can take God out of Schools
Yes we can do what ever I want
The list goes on and on, President or Dictator, Democracy or Socialism?
People had enough of His garbage He is on the outs, true story!
Proverbs - No one's going to ever accuse you of being smart..that's for sure. Everything you list here is total BS...
Take Yes we can take God out of schools.
The truth is there is a seperation of Church and State, always has been. But aside from that, name where Obama has personally done anything on this subject, anything. He hasn't by executive decision done anything on this subject, he hasn't even approached the subject.
So exactly describe where he's taken God out of schools. Show me you know something, name the rule, law, executive order he's introduced on this subject.
And I could go through your entire list. The truth is you are not very bright.
Don ol boy did you know that it is a proven fact that people that call other people stupid are considered fools. True fact brother also I am not sure what planet your on but removing God from the pledge of allegiance is a issue up for debate among your buddy Obama. So do me a favor before you post and get off your butt and do some studying.
Actually, Proverbs, I think he is right in your case. Sorry.
i hate to tell you proverbs , but you cant take god out of schools. if you are a true beleiver of god u would laught at that thought . he is everywhere !!! i guess ur going to wait untill november so you can vote for god . its not the way jesus did it , he didnt run aroumd saying vote for this guy ,he is for god ,and u are sinning if u dont . my witness is how i behave ,and what i teach me kids . for the lord gave me that task and holds me responsable . not the school
Feisty:
There is no middle "Man" between God and "HIS" people dearest.The Lord Jesus is the "ONLY" mediator Between ANYONE and God."NO ONE ELSE".The "Confession thingy" is UNAUTHORIZED by GOD.You take good care.I made this RARE post to you and anyone else who really cares.You STAY right on here.Other than this--You practically make me fall to pieces with laughter.I mean crack up.LOL.