Independent groups getting a head start on 2012 campaign

[Valin]

LA Times:

TV ads are already airing and the money is flowing from well-funded outside groups set to define the focus and landscape of the presidential race.
Matea Gold and Melanie Mason, Washington Bureau
July 17, 2011

An early television war fueled by independent groups is poised to shape the focus and landscape of the 2012 presidential race much as "tea-party"-backed organizations helped set the stage for Republican victories in 2010.

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One of the biggest, Crossroads GPS, has pledged to spend $20 million in television advertising in July and August alone.

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Rising to Obama's defense is a new group called Priorities USA Action, which fired back with a five-state ad buy costing roughly $750,000. It argued that "Republicans have opposed economic reforms at every turn."
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