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Restore Our Future is out with the ad for its more than $4 million buy. (The buy is up to $4.3 million in nine states.)
Notably, the ad that's being run is, "Saved," the same positive Mitt Romney ad that the Romney CAMPAIGN ran in 2007 and Restore Our Future ran during this past primary season. That raised questions in February of just how close to the line campaigns and the Super PACs that support them come.
Here's what we wrote, in part, Feb. 23 about Restore recycling this ad:
"The pro-Romney Super PAC Restore Our Future is going up with an ad in Michigan and Arizona, starting tonight, that focuses on the story of Mitt Romney helping to lead the search for his business partner's daughter who went missing in New York City in the 1990s. The story is true, but the ad is recycled. In fact, the ad run by a SUPER PAC, called 'Saved,' is word-for-word the same ad that the Romney CAMPAIGN ran in 2007, called 'The Search.'"
The Super PAC is run by people close to Romney, who were key 2007-2008 campaign staffers. Running this ad is an acknowledgment of the image problems Romney has. He has been upside down in his likability ratings (33 fav/36 unfav) in polls for months, though, they have improved slightly since the GOP primary ended.
Here's Restore's press release on this ad buy:
Restore Our Future Launches $4.3 Million Ad Campaign
Group targets Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia
WASHINGTON, D.C. - Restore Our Future today launched a $4.3 million TV ad campaign that targets nine states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia. The group is currently running the ad "Saved," which touts Gov. Romney's tremendous efforts to find his former business partner's 14-year-old daughter after she went missing in New York City.
"Barack Obama had his chance to lead and failed. Now, it is time to exchange empty rhetoric with a proven record," said Charlie Spies, Treasurer of Restore Our Future. "The choice this November is clear: Mitt Romney, an experienced leader and job creator who fixed an economy without raising taxes, or Barack Obama, a politician whose way forward hinges on bolstering the government's power - and budget - at the expense of private-sector jobs."
The $4.3 million TV buy begins on May 3 and will run through May 16. To view the video, please click here.
Ad Buy by State:
· Colorado: $293,000
· Florida: $857,000
· Iowa: $490,000
· Michigan: $465,000
· Nevada: $278,000
· New Hampshire: $231,000
· North Carolina: $773,000
· Ohio: $581,000
Virginia: $354,000
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QUICK!
Grab your Etch-A-Sketch!
Shake it up baby!
I don't care how much lipstick they slather on this mannequin, it is going to be a tough sell convincing us he has a heartbeat!
Can cannot force charisma when there clearly is NONE!
I once shook my etch-a-sketch so hard it broke and gray crap fell all over the floor.
...draw your own parallels.
How can he fix his image, the man's a robot.
Maybe BO the dog can stand in for him at his next campaign event.
BO has a little more appeal among woman, seniors, the young and I seen the other day that even cats like him.
Just need to make him think he's riding on the inside of the car though.
Good Luck with that! The Weather Vane can't help himself.
Why does a weather vane change direction? It follows the wind.
Mitt just can't stay on message and thank God for that.
Obama/Biden 2012!
Moot point.
PA isn't really a swing state (though the media will bill it to raise raitings), nor is Nevada. Both poll almost double-digits in favor of Obama.
Obama needs 8 votes out of...
NH, AZ, IA, OH, VA, NC, SC, FL, MO (the most recent 'swing states' list)
NH + IA (both vote democrat 90% of the time, and only voted republican to back Bush 43 incumbency bid) OR any single one of the above.
So Obama could lose FL AND OH...and still win by taking NH + IA, or any of the others.
Rombot...meet the Rombot.
He's 2007's history.
From the town of tedium.
And he's snobby about hometown cookies.
Let's ride with the Rombot down the street.
To bad, you know the dog won't get a seat.
When your with the Rombot,
have a grab a lot of cash time,
in Switzerland we'll stash time.
BUT NOT a gay old time.
Everytime I look at that guy I think about all the American Jobs he's shipped overseas, all the pension and retirmenet money he took from American Workers and kept for himself and his corporate partners, all the businesses he closed down, and how he avoids paying taxes by keeping his millions "off shore."
Rather than run for president, Romney ought to renounce his citizenship to the United States because he a lousy citizen.
Romney, not good for America, not good for the American People either.
Obama / Biden 2012
I don't think there is enough cash on Earth to improve the image of this money grubbing, job killing, pension stealing, dog abusing snob.
BREAKING NEWS: MSNBC, CNN, ABC, CBS, and NBC try to fix Obama's image problem!!!!! Only problem is that unemployment is still over 8%, true unemployment still over 10%, and federal debt increased by more than $5T in three years of his administration which is more than eight years of Bush! Obama's campaign theme: IT'S NOT THE ECONOMY, STUPID.
Bill, maybe you should ask your Republican Congressmen and women to do something to help the economy, instead of sending Republicans to Washington for the specific purpose of causing "gridlock" to avoid growth in the economy.
Republicans encourage unemployment, and do everything in their power to make sure Americans who are unemployed, stay that way.
Now Republicans want to send "ROMNEY, THE JOBS CREMATOR" to Washington to cause even MORE damage to American Workers!
No thanks Republicans, you've done enough damage already!
Obama / Biden 2012
There ain't no fixin' Mitt. Let's just hope this race isn't fixed by the SCOTUS again.
Oh what an impossible task! There is no "fix" to his image problem short of getting a totally new Romney - I mean totally new! If they have a gazillion dollars it still won't be enough. But, it will certainly keep THOUSANDS of people busy trying!
Obama/Biden 2012
Bill-2910238 -- If there hadn't been all the government cut backs, and instead government was employing per the rate of population growth, the unemployment rate would be at 7% right now with those jobs alone.
Paul Krugman says the economic dip was not a recession, but rather it was a full-on depression per statistical comparisons.
Other interesting data shows the more the economy tanks, the larger the gap between rich and poor grows, and the more polarized the political Parties become.
Fix this depression now -- Obama/Biden - 2012!
American Girl-724855 -- Agreed. The People did not elect representatives to protest. They were elected to govern. If the Teabagger House wants to protest, they can march in the street. But if they want to be paid, they should show up for work, and find common ground to get The People's Work done.
When I look at Flip Romney, I see a man boy who cocks his head with a cute smile thinking all he needs to do is seem adorable to get his way.
Actually - this could be the answer to the employment problem. Fixing Romney could REALLY take thousands of people!
SeekingSanity -- Good-un.
Flip Romney has failed the Commander in Chief test. In regard to economic credentials, it's interesting he claims to have turned around dozens of companies, but always mentions the same couple of companies (like Staples, which can't be off-shored and provides low-paying jobs). I can't believe right-wing voters aren't demanding more evidence -- Name all those companies Romney!
The headline cracks me up. A crash test dummy has more of a personality than Willard does.
Isn't it way past time to stop pretending that campaigns and Super PACs don't coordinate their activities? Isn't continuing this charade just turning a blind eye to activities that are blatantly illegal?
TO: TruePatriot-445959 who wrote:
I distinctively recall another "man boy who cocked his head with a cute smile" who also came to us through the Republican Party, George W. Bush, who ulimately ended up Lying us into War with the 2nd Largest Oil Rich Nation in the World (ostensibly because Bush had been an "OIL man" all his life, and oil was all he knew), and then Bush concluded his rein of terror by destroying the entire United States Economy.
Obama / Biden 2012
American
Poor old W bush, he had no idea of what he was doing, just followed order's by Cheney and all the oil. That is why actually we went into the war. So I wonder how much Cheney has with Romney. can't help but think there is something.
Anyway, it is
Obama & Biden, 2012
I think Bo is Obama;s dog, not Brain dead Romney.
Oh, geez.....we just got done with two straight weeks of this ad running before the Pennsylvania primary, and it creeped me out more and more every time I saw it. What kind of a father exploits his daughter's teenage drug problems from 15 years ago for the sake of politics? And why would Romney take advantage of it as well?
Oh, wait.....it's not actually a Romney ad, it's from his Super PAC. And he has absolutely nothing to do with what ads they run. Sorry, my bad.....
Good catch JoAnne.
They almost fooled you into thinking they were working together.
Great, Florida got an 8+ million ad buy. Don't they know that the snow birds are heading back home soon and the rest of us are at the beach.
But wait again - I forgot that this was a recycle of the same ad run by the Romney campaign itself in 2007. And that version does end with "I'm Mitt Romney and I approve this message". Like I said - creepy. Talk about "spiking the football".....
By the way, Domenico, your story above says to click on the link here to see the ad, but there's no link. Which is actually fine with me - I've seen it more than enough already.
Sorry, 800K, not million. Still too much.
If my partner's child was in trouble, I would drop everything and rush to help her. Who wouldn't? Why is Mitt doing what any caring person would do supposed to make him likeable?
And if isolated incidents from the past are supposed to tell us something about the candidate, why is it wrong to question how he treated his dog Seamus?
TO: Steeler Fan-380417 who wrote:
Mitt wouldn't, that's the kicker.
Obama / Biden 2012
American Girl -
In all fairness, Romney did drop everything and jump in to help; that's the whole point of the ad. Of course, as a partner in Bain Capital at the time, he had the ability and the resources to do so. I think it's commendable that he helped out in this case and I'm certainly glad that the girl in question was eventually found.
What bothers me is that he would be so eager to pat himself on the back for doing so and to exploit what should have been a private family matter for later political gain. You would think that if the idea is to re-hab Romney's image as "Mitt Romney, an experienced leader and job creator who fixed an economy without raising taxes", they could have found an ad that actually had something to do with jobs and taxes.
To the my friends in FL and PA, this too shall pass...maybe
Here in MN ,a nice blue state, we will be spared this latest round of Super PAC gluttony.
REAL heroes do NOT brag - John McCain
So on the anniversary of bin Laden being brought to justice, and signing an agreement with Afghanistan, it is wrong for the president to compare his campaign promise to that of his opponent, and wrong for the president's supporters to be interested in a documentary about the mission, and...
Steeler Fan-380417 says "If my partner's child was in trouble, I would drop everything and rush to help her. Who wouldn't?" because in this case who wouldn't, and...
Still the right-wing hypocrites don't get it.
They can throw all the millions they want in a vain attempt to improve Willard's image but in the end, they will have to realize that you can't polish a turd.
Well according to Myth Busters you can. Even so a turd is still a turd.
Obama has his own Super Pac to repair his image problem...
MSNBC!
Bob, President Obama doesn't need a "Pac" to repair his image.
President Obama is a very cool guy with a great singing voice!
Romney needs somebody to help him create some kind of image, other than stone cold SOB. Little does Romney know that Republican followers couldn't care less if Romney was wearing prison stripes, they'd still vote for the old "JOBS CREMATOR" just because he calls himself a Republican!
Obama / Biden 2012
A million more people unemployed as a result of the Obama administration and seven million people do not count as unemployed because they have quit looking for work. Now who is the real JOBS CREMATOR!
Bill-2910238 - that would still be Romney who thinks nothing of putting people out of work if it makes money to put in his pocket and the pockets of his buddies.
Obama/Biden 2012
TO: Bill-2910238 who wrote:
Who do you think you're trying to fool?
We know who helped the American People and we know who did everything in their power to hurt us.
Republicans just can't stand the American People! Republicans don't want us to have any healthcare, Republicans fight against us to keep our wages low, and Rep[ublicans are CONSTANTLY figthing against women because they want to tell us what we can and cannot do with our bodies, and if we resist then Republicans call us bad names.
With "friends" like Republicans, who needs enemies?
Plus Republicans don't know a darn thing about handling our economy and everytime they try they screw us over!
Forget it!
Obama / Biden 2012
Try to repair his image? He doesn't have an idea concerning how most working Americans live and for those that believe he does , you have your head in your a-s. How about him getting rid of his offshore accounts and his foreign trusts?
Everytime I look at that guy I think about all the American Jobs he's shipped overseas, all the pension and retirement money he took from American Workers and kept for himself and his corporate partners, all the businesses he closed down, and how he avoids paying taxes by keeping his mega-millions "off shore."
Rather than run for president, Romney ought to renounce his citizenship to the United States because he is a lousy citizen.
Romney, not good for America, not good for the American People either.
Obama / Biden 2012
Mitt can't be fixed!
If he were a real people-person who could emote naturally, he would have done so long before now.
He can't, he won't and he'll lose.
Obama 2012
When Mitt Romney was Governor of Massachusetts, he came in 47th out 50 in job creation, which does NOT spell "Job CREATION", it's more like "Job CREMATION"!
If Romney couldn't (or wouldn't) create jobs in Massachusetts, I wouldn't except him to be able (or even want to) create jobs all over these 50 United States.
It's more likely that Romney would continue to do what he did in Massachusetts and what Romeny knows how to do best -- liquidate American Businesses, sieze American Workers Pension and Retirement Money, and ship American Jobs Overseas.
Obama / Biden 2012
Your figures are based on the number of jobs created. Romney went from an unemployment (UE) rate in MA of 5.6% in 01/2003 to 4.6% in 01/2007. Most economists consider 5% UE to be full employment. It would be very difficult to create (numerically add) jobs below that UE rate.
I will take Romney's 4.6% UE over Obama's 8.2% UE any day.
I know alot of people that I like. That doesnt mean they are qualified to run the country. Let's elect a better leader than we've had since Obama got in the White House....
Name one were all listening
There isn't enough money in the whole political system to turn Romney from a idiot to a rational candidate
Wait one cotton pickin minute!!!! Just where the hell is this economy he fixed without raising taxes??? When he was Gov.?? Naw, couldn't be! He was like 47 out of 50 in job creation, how does that fix an economy????
Willards image is simply NOT fixable! You cannot make a man from a robot! It simply cannot be done! Give it up already! No one will ever see the Rummey the Dummy as anything less than a hot air balloon!
President Obama was slammed by the moronic GOTP for being a person, now they think we dont remember that? Oh paaaaaaleeeeeezzzzee! You've got to be kidding me? Panochio Rummey will never be a real boy!
OBAMA/BIDEN 2012
D, His state was at an unemployment rate that economists consider to be full employment. You can hardly expect a large number of jobs created at full employment. Which do you prefer Romneys 4.6% or Obama's 8.2%?
Good question.
But I need more details.
What was the UE rate after Willard for 1 year, and after Obama for 1 year?
Since it takes 1 year for previous policies to take effect...the first year really goes into the previous administrations column, new budgets and programs, etc
Kinda curious, honestly. I don't know either of those numbers off the top of my head.
a phrase in that ad says M.Romney 'fixed an economy without raising taxes.' I read an article on the AP that said a tax increase was passed by the previous admin. that went into effect after MR took office, that MR increased all state fees, and closed some tax loopholes that he said were not tax increases, although they did raise the amt of tax paid.
Romney just lost to Paul in his own state!!! LOL
http://www.examiner.com/article/romney-loses-to-paul-his-own-state
Impossible!
Romney just needs to realize that he's not all that, and a box of scoobie snacks, and the American people already know what he's all about...the 1%.
LET the AMERICAN CITIZEN DE-FRAUD ROMPNEY YO-YO !! What a worthless BLOWFISH (full of himself & poison)!!!
All this SUPER-PAC MONEY that represents NON-HUMAN ENTITIES & THOUGHT !!!
His signs of "RESTORE THE FUTURE" what a laugh to what should NOW read "RESTORE THE DRACONIAN WAY"
The man is a DEVILS PLAGUE !!!!
LOOK FOLKS !!!There is NO ROMPNEY YO-YO proven record. HE is a FAST TAKING SALESMAN (con-job).
Does anyone see CONGRESS getting his whatever you call AGENDA passed and DONE YET to SHOW A PROVEN RECORD !!!!
I certainly DO NOT !!!!
Hey STUPIDPAC, we, the 99% already know exlax ETCH-A-SKETCH, you can't fool us! They're going to need an auger to get him in the ground when he goes to NEVER, NEVER LAND! Save your money, give to the 99% Americans that you have been stealing from! That's the ONLY way you'll ever get back into government! We KNOW YOU! YOU CAN'T HIDE ANYMORE! Your corrupt OIL & FINANCIAL corporates put us into GLOBAL ECONOMIC COLLAPSE! What in the hell makes you think we'd vote you in again! Your 8 years of corrupt Republican rule has buried the 99% Americans and it will be many, many years BEFORE WE CAN GET BACK what you stole from us!!!
99% Americans, vote 100% DEMOCRATIC, the lives you save WILL be YOURS & your CHILDREN! This message is being brought to you by a LIFELONG DEVOUT REPUBLICAN totally disgusted with what their corrupt party & political puppets have done to the 99% Americans! I have NOTHING TO GAIN from this message except the satisfaction that I am helping my fellow Americans! May God bless us cause we're going to need it!!!
So rerun an ad about something that happened a long time ago, what was he supposed to do tell his business partner too bad there's work to do here. Really the CEO's of big companies can get away with stopping the presses and looking for a loved one. Now I would have been impressed if he had done it all for a lowly hourly employee but you know that would have never happened.
This 1%er (Romney) belongs in jail.
Not the Presidency.
You can't fix stupid.