Crossroads opens attacks on Obama, congressional Democrats

The Karl Rove-backed pro-GOP political organizations American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS released two new ads Tuesday aimed at defeating President Obama and congressional Democrats.

The TV ad released by the super PAC American Crossroads criticizes President Obama and features two small business owners saying he's bad for businesses.

"He's increased our taxes. He's increased our health care expenses," Sherry Wuebben, a small business owner said in the ad.

"There's a reason there aren't more jobs. Obama has made a lot of bad decisions. He treats us like we're his enemy," Bill Schams said. "Obama is def making things more difficult for us. If he has four more years, I don't think we're going to want to see what it looks like."

The group is spending $8.3 million to run the ad in eight states: Colorado, Florida, Iowa, North Carolina, New Hampshire, Nevada, Ohio and Virginia.

Meantime, American Crossroads tax-exempt partner organization, Crossroads GPS, also announced a new $2.3 million ad buy focusing on House and Senate races.

The ad will run in five hotly contested races slamming Democratic candidates Montana Sen. Jon Tester, Nevada Senate candidate Rep. Shelley Berkley, North Dakota Senate candidate Heidi Heitkamp, Wisconsin Senate candidate Rep. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Tim Bishop, who is running for reelection in New York's first district.

"Crossroads is looking to spend tens of millions of dollars to keep the Republican majority in the U.S. House and promote a conservative agenda there," Crossroads spokesperson Nate Hodson told CBSNews.com.

[Bojax39]

"Bill Schams said. "Obama is def making things more difficult for us. If he has four more years, I don't think we're going to want to see what it looks like."

No, he said "Obama is DEFINITELY making things more difficult for us". Can Ms Caldwell hear properly? Is it that you enjoy misquoting people or do you only misquote folks who use words you can't spell?

Yeah, I know it's nitpicking but accuracy is a cornerstone of good reporting, especially when a misquoted or misspelled word can change the entire meaning of a statement.

Don't think so? Take a sentence like "Pare a pear with a pair of scissors", mix up the words which sound alike and see if it still makes sense....

[john92021]

presidential campaign is the larges jobs creation stimulus we have. Buying a president is the greatest trickle down benefit for the working class that we are going to get.

[jwilsonte5]

i am older person retired and helped build this country by paying my taxes my whole life .unlike romney and romney to to say I want gov. to take care of me is insulting. he should be ashamed of his self...hes a sick puppy .I was a rep. till yesterday !!

[MissouriHank]

Hey, convincing people to swallow BS and vote against their own self-interest in expensive!

[jwilsonte5]

No one listens to these adds please I live in va. and the more we see of this loser from bush the sicker we get. hes a known liar and most know whats going on. its insulting to people to think we believe whats no true. reps. for get even old people have computers LOL

[filmguy107]

Word...Virginia resident (NOT by birth, thank you) but this crap is just that.....CRAP!

[thebob-bob]

They've got Billions to spend on lies and distortions. The usual cr@p from the Fear and Hate mongers of the Republican Party.

[TLesPell]

Herr Karl Rove's Nazi tactics should not surprise anyone. People need to understand that, George W. Bush's grandfather Prescott Bush helped finance and supported the Nazi Party and plotted to overthrow FDR. Karl Rove's grandfather helped run the Nazi Party, and helped build the Birkenau Death Camp. Arnold Schwarzenegger's Austrian father volunteered for the infamous Nazi SA and became a ranking officer. Rove's family changed their name to cover up the family's Pro-Nazi ties, Rove whose real name is actually Karl Roverer is the grandson of Nazi kingpin Karl Heinz Roverer, the gauleiter of Mecklenburg (The Gauleiter were the top Nazi regional leaders), who was part of Hitler's inner circle and also a partner and senior engineer of Roverer Sud-Deutche Ingenieurburo AG. Roverer built Birchenau, the concentration camp in Nazi Germany. Karl Rove/Roverer and Dick Cheney have been identified as leakers responsible for the deaths of more than 70 CIA assets overseas. Herr Rove, it should be noted, is a dual citizen of the United States and Germany.

[Mikexxxxxxx]

Just more non-specific accusations. Yep, sounds like the GOP.