Ad Watch: Crafty splice tags Obama with a promise
An Americans for Prosperity ad shows President Barack Obama promising to cut the national deficit during his first term and saying, "If I don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition." Did President Obama really give himself a three-year deadline to accomplish that goal?
By Nancy Madsen :: Published on Tuesday, September 4th, 2012 at 09:32 a.m.
As Olympics open, a super PAC attack against Romney
Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting President Barack Obama, released an ad that uses the trappings of the Olympics to attack Mitt Romney.
By Louis Jacobson :: Published on Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 at 11:35 a.m.
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