Tag Archives: Winning Our Future

The Most Interesting Man In The (PAC) World

In the course of the GOP presidential primary, we’ve heard plenty about PAC men Sheldon Adelson (pro-Gingrich Super PAC Winning Our Future) and Foster Friess (pro-Santorum Super PAC Red White and Blue Fund). Now comes Texas billionaire Harold Simmons (pro-Whoever … Continue reading

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Google: Ron Paul Is Super PACman

GOP Super PACs have spent over $30 million on this year’s presidential primary, most of it on television advertising. But the big spenders on TV aren’t necessarily the biggest players on YouTube. From Google Politics & Elections (via techPresident): Are … Continue reading

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Super PACmania

Smart front-page piece in Friday’s Boston Globe about the GOP presidential PACmary race. (Sorry no links – we’re iPadlocked.) Spending tally: Pro-Romney Restore Our Future: $33.8 million. Pro-Gingrich Winning Our Future: $16.1 million. Pro-Santorum Red White and Blue Fund: Not … Continue reading

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Super PAC Mentality

Politico’s Morning Score on Friday tallied up the Super Tuesday spending spree of the Grand Old PACs in the Republican presidential primary: SUPER TUESDAY AIR WAR – TV, RADIO SPENDING NOW TOPS $6 MILLION: “Mitt Romney’s campaign and super PAC account … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Self-Serv Index™ Edition)

The hardworking staff has always had a soft spot for the quadrennial Shotgun Index, reflecting which presidential candidate voters would rather drive cross-country with. (Never making it into the HOV Lane: Bob Dole, Al Gore, John Kerry.) But the current … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Super Tuesday Edition)

Now that the Michigan primary is in their rear-view mirror, the GOP slapfighters have moved on to the (Not So) Super Tuesday states, starting with a kibitzer AFSCME TV spot in Ohio (via Politico): [Politico] reported last week that AFSCME had purchased … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Daily Beast Edition)

Smart Daily Beast piece by New York ad gal Judith Grey rounding up the GOP presidential primary ads in Florida. Representative excerpts: Mitt Romney is enduring attack ads—accurate and otherwise –by the Gingrich campaign and the pro-Gingrich super PAC Winning Our Future; … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Romney “Blood Money” Edition)

Leading indicator that the Gingrich-industrial complex has hit DEFCON 1 (via Politico’s Morning Score): “BLOOD MONEY” – GINGRICH SUPER PAC TO ATTACK ROMNEY AS A MEDICARE CON ARTIST: “Winning Our Future released a clip on Thursday of a seven-minute online documentary … Continue reading

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PAC Attack! Handy Clip ‘n’ Save Guide

You can’t spit without hitting a Super PAC in the GOP presidential primary, as this helpful chart from Time graphically illustrates (through 1/12/12). Here’s a different way of configuring the list, with links to the groups and related news stories: … Continue reading

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Let The $4 Billion Rumpus Begin! (Palmetto Preview Edition)

Just as bigfeet Tom Brokaw and Gail Collins did (Politico Playbook: “Hotel rooms … are freeing up [in New Hampshire] as journalists, including NBC’s Tom Brokaw and New York Times columnist Gail Collins, head straight to South Carolina”), the hardworking … Continue reading

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