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Dem Group Makes Quick Use Of Gingrich's Words About Medicare (VIDEO)
Newt Gingrich's declaration that any ad quoting his words about Medicare would be "a falsehood" is clearly not stopping Dems from making just such a spot.
Priorities USA Action, the new big-money independent expenditure "Super PAC" launched by former Obama White House spokesman Bill Burton, has a new plan taking on big-name Republicans over Rep. Paul Ryan's (R-WI) proposal to privatize the program.
"Newt Gingrich says the Republican plan that would essentially end Medicare is too radical," the announcer says. "Governor Haley thinks the plan is courageous -- and Gingrich shouldn't be cutting conservatives off at the knees.
"Mitt Romney says he's 'on the same page' as Paul Ryan, who wrote the plan to essentially end Medicare. But with Mitt Romney, you have to wonder: Which page is he on today?"
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2012 Presidential Primaries, 2012 elections, Bill Burton, Medicare, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich, Nikki Haley, Paul Ryan, Pres '12, Priorities USA
Priorities USA
Watchdogs Target New Democratic Super PACs
President Barack Obama
That didn't take long.
Just hours after the launch Friday of two new Democratic Super Pacs designed to keep President Obama in the White House and counter deep-pocketed GOP groups who helped Republicans win control of the House in 2010, a prominent watchdog group announced plans to file a complaint against them with the IRS.
The two new groups, Priorities USA and Priorities USA Action, were formed by former Obama White House aides Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney to take advantage of the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling last year and will collect unlimited funds -- with the goal of $100 million -- from corporations and unions. Only one of the two groups will disclose their donors to the Federal Election Commission.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: American Crossroads, Campaign Legal Center, Chris Van Hollen, Citizens United, Democracy 21, FEC, IRS, Priorities USA
2012 elections
In 2012 Money Race, Democrats Say Game On!
President Barack Obama
Democrats, still smarting from the 2010 midterm defeats, are determined not to sit on the fundraising sidelines and be caught flat-flooted again. Leading Democratic strategists are building a new arsenal for control of the White House and Congress in 2012, employing the same unlimited, secret donor activities that President Barack Obama and many Democrat have vociferously opposed.
Two new groups, Priorities USA and Priorities USA Action, have launched to counter deep-pocketed GOP groups and are planning to raise $100 million to keep Obama in the White House and elect more Democrats to Congress, according to a report in Politico.
The twin Priorities committees will mimic the example of Karl Rove's American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, the two groups that drew widespread criticism from Obama and Democrats during the 2010 cycle for taking full advantage of the Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United that allowed unlimited, undisclosed corporate and union donations to outside groups. One will disclose its donors while the other will not.
PERMALINK | COMMENTS | RECOMMEND RECOMMEND (0)Topics: 2012, 2012 elections, American Crossroads, Barack Obama, Bill Burton, Citizens United, Fundraising, House Democrats, House Majority PAC, Paul Begala, Priorities USA
Roundup
TPMDC Morning Roundup
White House Flips Into Disaster Mode After Deadly Alabama Tornadoes
The Hill reports: "Obama and his staff have moved quickly since storms devastated Alabama and several other states, mobilizing the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and arranging for a presidential visit to Alabama on Friday. The president also canceled a visit with the Auburn University's NCAA championship football team that had been scheduled for Friday. Obama is traveling to Alabama, which is the Auburn team's home state. After the national embarrassment of Hurricane Katrina severely damaged former President George W. Bush, Obama has worked hard to appear engaged and responsive in the aftermaths of natural disasters."
Obama's Day Ahead
President Obama will meet at 8 a.m. ET with participants in the 1968 Memphis Sanitation Strike. The First Family will depart form the White House at 8:30 a.m. ET, and depart from Andrews Air Force Base at 8:45 a.m. ET, arriving at 10:50 a.m. ET in Alabama. At 11:10 a.m. ET, the President and First Lady will view damage from the recent storms, and meet with Gov. Robert Bentley (R-AL), state and local officials, and families affected by the storms. The First Family will depart from Alabama at 12:45 p.m. ET, and arrive at 2:10 p.m. ET in Cape Canaveral, Florida. They will tour the Kennedy Space Center's Orbiter Processing Facility at 2:45 p.m. ET. Then at 3:30 p.m. ET, they will view the launch of the space shuttle Endeavour. Obama will arrive in Miami, Florida, at 5:40 p.m. ET, and at 6:55 p.m. ET will deliver the commencement at Miami Dade College. He will depart from Miami at 9:05 p.m. ET, and arrive back at the White House at 11:30 p.m. ET.
Topics: 2012 elections, Alabama, Barack Obama, Debt Ceiling, Fundraising, Max Baucus, Nuclear Energy, Priorities USA, Robert Bentley, Roundup
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