Tag Archives: Priorities USA Action

Is Romney to Blame for Cancer Death?

Posted on August 8, 2012

A grieving widower in a new pro-Obama TV spot says his wife contracted cancer and died “a short time after” Mitt Romney closed the steel plant that employed him and left “my family” without health coverage. That’s not quite so. We find this ad from Priorities USA Action to be misleading …
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‘Big Oil’ Backing Romney?

Posted on April 26, 2012

A pro-Obama TV ad says that “big oil” pledged $200 million to help Mitt Romney, making him the industry’s “$200 million man.” But that’s a pretty slippery claim. The fact is that there is no evidence that truly big oil companies like BP, Exxon Mobil Corp. and Chevron Corp. are …
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What Priorities USA Action Doesn’t Tell You

Posted on April 18, 2012

A pro-Obama super PAC’s new TV ad portrays Mitt Romney as a past and future threat to middle-class families. The statements it makes about Romney’s business dealings and tax proposals contain some truth — but don’t tell the whole story: The ad says Romney is proposing “a huge new $150,000 …
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Priorities USA/Priorities USA Action

Posted on September 18, 2011 , Updated on August 6, 2012

Liberal-leaning group founded by ex-White House staffers Bill Burton and Sean Sweeney to counter American Crossroads/Crossroads GPS.
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Dueling Economic Ads

Posted on June 30, 2011

A conservative group's ad makes the rise in unemployment under President Obama appear worse than it actually is. And in a counter-attack ad, a liberal group offers its spin on GOP economic plans. Crossroads GPS, which spent heavily in the midterm elections to defeat Democrats, is spending $5 million to …
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