Pro-Obama PAC attacks "Mitt Romney's America"

By: Norah O'Donnell
Topics: Campaign 2012

Republican presidential hopeful former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney talks about his plan for creating jobs and improving the economy during a speech Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2011, in Las Vegas, at McCandless International Trucks.

(Credit: AP Photo/Julie Jacobson)

Updated 9:59 a.m. Eastern Time

Priorities USA Action, the super PAC dedicated to helping re-elect President Barack Obama, plans to launch a significant ad campaign on Wednesday against Republican Mitt Romney.

The web ads will be their first big paid social media campaign, according to Bill Burton, who helped form the Democratic super PAC after serving as Mr. Obama's spokesman. Burton said his group will spend about $100,000 on advertising on Facebook, Google, YouTube, and other media sites.

The 90-second video is called "Mitt Romney's America." It is part of an early effort by the Democratic group to define Mitt Romney in negative terms.

The video opens with suggestions that Romney has the "best chance" of being the GOP presidential nominee as ominous music plays in the background. It then shows Romney expressing support for the Tea Party and saying "corporations are people" and plays audio of a debate moderator discussing how Romney's former firm bought a company that laid off workers. The ad also includes a black-and-white shot of a young Romney and his colleagues posing with dollar bills spilling out of their clothes as well as video of Romney saying of the foreclosure process, "let it hit the bottom."

"We made this video to give life to the policies our country could expect if Mitt Romney were elected President," said Burton. "As Americans look ahead to a critically important election a year from this week, we are beginning the process of helping Americans know the truth about what Mitt Romney's America would look like."

Responded Romney for President Spokesperson Andrea Saul: "While Mitt Romney is focused on his jobs and economic plan which will provide relief for the middle-income taxpayers, President Obama and his cronies are worried about their own jobs. It is no surprise since President Obama cannot run on his failed record that his political allies resort to false and negative attacks on Mitt Romney."

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by thefind November 2, 2011 12:10 PM EDT: I don't understand why Obama doesn't use the ad campaign that worked so well for him last time around: "CHANGE"; Reply to this comment


by wfw3536 November 2, 2011 11:44 AM EDT: I am sure they will Mitt show as flip flopper. Maybe they should show some of President Obama's filps: like closing Gitmo, or supporting unions when he signs an agreement for 3 more countries that disrespect union folk, oh and we know we will lose more jobs to these countries; in 2007 while running for president he said it was a lack of leadership to be spending all of this money we do not have and now he is leading with over 4 and half trillion of debt with nothing to show for it. And it goes on and on.; Reply to this comment

by tsigili November 2, 2011 9:52 AM EDT

Anyone's America.......is better than Obama's version.

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by ge556 November 2, 2011 10:34 AM EDT: Another clueless Obama hater.
Obama isn't anyone's messiah, but we could do a lot worse, and all of the Republican candidates would take us in a worse direction. Most of them are clueless. Romney isn't stupid, but he's quite the flip-flopper. Who knows what he would do in office?


by RobAla November 2, 2011 7:58 AM EDT: Corporations are people, just as much as unions are people. There is no difference between the two. Corporations are run by CEOs and Board of Directors, and unions are run by union bosses. Both are made up of working Americans.

I have never in my life seen such an anti-business President like President Obama. Even in light of continuing 9% unemployment, he oppresses businesses with increased expenses and regulations. He is chocking the life out of jobs in this country, in order to grow the federal government. We have to send President Obama back to Chicago before he finishes this nation off with his failed policies.; Reply to this comment

by endurorob_5 November 2, 2011 7:29 AM EDT

Why the negative campaigning from Obama supporters? Why don't they just use Obama's record as campaign material? Oh. Never mind.

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by daffy64 November 2, 2011 8:44 AM EDT: You're right. Show the economy improving, the jobless rate falling, and the death of Osama Bin Laden and Ghadaffi.