"'You can't outspend the unions - but you can outcompete them with a faster and leaner organization that offers more bang for the buck,' Collegio said in a news release. 'That is what the Crossroads groups plan to do in 2012.'
If the Crossroads groups meet their goal, they would still lag behind the efforts of Democrat-aligned groups in 2004. That year the top two liberal independent groups raised a combined $140 million to oppose the reelection of President George W. Bush."
GOP groups seek to raise $120M to spend against Obama, other Democrats in 2012
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