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underpants Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 10:50 AM
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Spending by groups on Brown and Coakley-guess who already has more money
Notice the headline-sound equal huh?

NOT

see totals below

Tea Party PAC Spends Big for Scott Brown; Unions Pay Up for Martha Coakley
http://www.politicsdaily.com/2010/01/18/tea-party-pac-spends-big-for-scott-brown-unions-pay-up-for-mart?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_poldaily

Spending Supporting Brown or Attacking Coakley:

* The Tea Party Express PAC: $285,000 on e-mail and Internet newsletters and media buys.

* The Chamber of Commerce: $1,001,400 for media buys.

* Americans for Job Security, an organization created by the American Insurance Association: $479,268 for media buys.

* American Future Fund, a conservative anti-tax group (John Kerry says created the "Swift Boat" attacks on him): $409,000

* Cooperative of American Physicians, an association of California-based doctors: $35,400 for robo-calls.

* National Organization for Marriage, a group against gay marriage: $50,000 on calls.

* National Republican Trust PAC, a PAC dedicated to "protecting the legacy of Ronald Reagan" and supported by Dick Morris: $96,000 on media buys.

* National Rifle Association PAC: $19,000 for postcards.

Spending Supporting Coakley or Attacking Brown:

* Service Employees International Union: $685,000 on television and Internet ads.

* Citizens for Strength and Security, a 527 group that counts SEIU and the Communications Workers of America as donors: $590,000 for media buys.

* AFSCME, the union for federal, state and local workers: $100,000 for radio ads.

* Planned Parenthood PAC, pro-choice activists: $10,000 for get-out-the-vote calls.

* League of Conservation Voters PAC, environmental policy activists: $350,000 for media buys and ad production.

* EMILY's List, organization to elect pro-choice Democratic women to office: $72,000 for radio ads.

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So the spending breaks down this was

For Brown (against Coakley) $2,375,068
For Coakley (against Brown?) $1,807,000
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:05 AM
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1. The dens are in power and they didn't fund her.
A winning strategy every time, eh?
I'm sure the dem powers that be were aware.
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rgbecker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jan-23-10 11:07 AM
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2. This only part of the 13 million raised for Brown. Will be watching for the rest of the list.
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