Obama’s super PAC problem
There is a new and significant sign today that the Obama campaign is facing a headwind. While the re-elect effort itself and the DNC have so far outraised the Republicans, the Democratic super PACs, or independent expenditures, have shown anemic results. Priorities USA, which is the unofficial Obama PAC, and the one with the closest former ties to the White House, raised only $5.2 million in the first half of the year, reports Politico's Kenneth Vogel. That is less than some Senate campaigns and is dwarfed by the main Republican super PACs, such as Karl Rove's American Crossroads, which had raised $24.5 million by early September. Crossroads has decided to double its initial goal of raising $120 million through the end of 2012, and privately, I'm sure, has a much more ambitious number in mind.
