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Super PAC uses Olympic 'opening ceremony' to hit Romney in ad
July 25th, 2012
06:00 AM ET
299 days ago

Super PAC uses Olympic 'opening ceremony' to hit Romney in ad

(CNN) – The super PAC backing President Barack Obama uses the Olympic "parade of nations" to mock Mitt Romney's reported overseas investment accounts in a television ad released Wednesday.

The minute-long ad from Priorities USA is set to air in Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Virginia during broadcasts of the London Olympics, the group said. The games begin Friday.

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Filed under: 2012 • Ads • Mitt Romney • Priorities USA
Pro-Obama super PAC out-raised by pro-Romney group in June
July 21st, 2012
12:46 PM ET
304 days ago

Pro-Obama super PAC out-raised by pro-Romney group in June

(CNN) - Priorities USA Action, the primary super PAC supporting the reelection of President Barack Obama, brought in $6 million in June and was easily outraised by the primary super PAC supporting GOP candidate Mitt Romney.

Priorities $6.1 haul brought their cash on hand to $10.6 million at the end of June, according to a Federal Election Commission report filed Friday evening.
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Filed under: 2012 • Priorities USA
Morgan Freeman gives pro-Obama PAC a million
July 19th, 2012
08:16 AM ET
306 days ago

Morgan Freeman gives pro-Obama PAC a million

(CNN) – Actor Morgan Freeman, currently starring in the latest installment of the Batman franchise, donated $1 million last month to the super PAC supporting President Barack Obama, the group's filings with the Federal Election Commission will show on Friday.

In a statement, Freeman listed the accomplishments he said spurred his donation to Priorities USA Action.
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Filed under: 2012 • Priorities USA
Pro-Obama super PAC raises $6.1 million in June
July 13th, 2012
04:28 PM ET
311 days ago

Pro-Obama super PAC raises $6.1 million in June

(CNN) – Priorities USA Action, a super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's re-election campaign, said Friday it brought in $6.1 million in June, closing off the second quarter with $11.7 million total raised.

The June figure topped its May haul of $4 million, but it's unclear yet if it raised more this month than the pro-Mitt Romney super PAC, Restore Our Future, which outpaced Priorities in fund-raising last month at $4.96 million.
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Filed under: 2012 • Fundraising • Priorities USA
New Spanish language ads go after Romney
July 11th, 2012
04:36 PM ET
314 days ago

New Spanish language ads go after Romney

(CNN) – Three key swing states - Colorado, Nevada and Florida - will see a new Spanish language ad attacking Mitt Romney start airing Thursday in a $4 million buy from two Democratic third party groups.

Priorities USA, a super PAC supporting President Obama, and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) are sponsoring the ad campaign, "Mitt Romney: In His Own Words." This is the third round of Spanish-language negative ads against Romney from the pair.
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Filed under: Latinos • Mitt Romney • Priorities USA • SEIU
Poll data shows ad strategy is working, super PAC says
July 11th, 2012
07:00 AM ET
314 days ago

Poll data shows ad strategy is working, super PAC says

(CNN) – A major super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's reelection argues in a campaign memorandum released Wednesday that recent polling shows their advertising strategies are working.

Priorities USA Action says internal polling shows what a recent survey of voters in battleground states found: that millions of dollars spent in support of Obama is helping him and hurting presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney in some key states.

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Filed under: 2012 • Ads • Mitt Romney • President Obama • Priorities USA
Pro-Obama super PAC bashes Romney in new ad
June 28th, 2012
09:54 AM ET
327 days ago

Pro-Obama super PAC bashes Romney in new ad

(CNN) - A super PAC supporting President Barack Obama released its fifth television ad Thursday, again hitting presumptive GOP nominee Mitt Romney over his corporate background.

The group Priorities USA Action has repeatedly hammered Romney, who founded the private equity firm Bain Capital, as a greedy businessman who would put the interests of CEOs over those of middle class workers.
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Filed under: 2012 • Ads • Mitt Romney • Priorities USA
New super PAC ad hits Romney over Bain
June 23rd, 2012
12:23 PM ET
332 days ago

New super PAC ad hits Romney over Bain

(CNN) - The super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's reelection released a new television advertisement on Saturday featuring a man who uses stark terms to describe Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's role in his own unemployment.

"Mitt Romney made over a hundred million dollars by shutting down our plant, and devastated our lives," the employee, Mike Earnest, says in the Priorities USA Action ad. "Turns out that when we built that stage, it was like building my own coffin. And it just made me sick."
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Filed under: 2012 • Mitt Romney • Priorities USA
Pro-Obama super PAC raises $4 million in May
June 20th, 2012
06:41 PM ET
334 days ago

Pro-Obama super PAC raises $4 million in May

Washington (CNN) – Priorities USA Action, the independent super PAC supporting President Barack Obama's re-election bid, raised $4 million in May and more than $40 million this election cycle, a spokesperson with the group said Wednesday.

The $4 million haul in May is a higher total for Priorities USA than April, when the group brought in $1.6 million, and March, when they raised $2.5 million. The super PAC said Wednesday that fund-raising for June already appears to be outpacing May.
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Filed under: 2012 • Fundraising • President Obama • Priorities USA
New Spanish-language TV ad targets Romney
June 11th, 2012
12:01 AM ET
344 days ago

New Spanish-language TV ad targets Romney

(CNN) - Priorities USA, a super PAC backing President Barack Obama's re-election bid, paired up with the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) to unveil their first Spanish-language TV ad Monday, a spot entirely devoted to attacking Mitt Romney.

The ad features clips of some of Romney's notable gaffes on the campaign trail, largely those critics used to highlight his wealth and paint the presumptive GOP presidential nominee as out of touch.
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Filed under: 2012 • Ads • Latinos • Mitt Romney • Priorities USA
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