Conservative Americans For Prosperity Pours Major Cash Into Walker Race

FILE - In this May 3, 2014 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican party of Wisconsin State Convention in Milwaukee. Gov. Walker emerged with a major victory this week when a federal court ha... FILE - In this May 3, 2014 file photo, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker speaks at the Republican party of Wisconsin State Convention in Milwaukee. Gov. Walker emerged with a major victory this week when a federal court halted a secret investigation into his 2012 recall campaign and conservative groups that supported him, ruling the probe was a breach of free-speech rights. The decision could boost his re-election campaign and better his prospects for a possible 2016 presidential run. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps) MORE LESS
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The conservative outside group Americans for Prosperity (AFP) is spending almost $900,000 in advertising to boost Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) re-election campaign.

The pro-Walker ad doesn’t explicitly name him, but it does feature people talking directly into the camera about how the policies of the current governor’s administration are working.

Americans for Prosperity spokesman Christopher Neefus told the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel that his organization is spending $866,000 on the ads which will air across the state.

A recent Marquette University poll found Walker tied with Democrat Mary Burke in the Wisconsin gubernatorial race. Similarly, a March poll conducted by the Republican-leaning Rasmussen Reports also found Walker tied with Burke.

Watch the AFP ad below:

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  1. Gonna need to put more than a paltry million dollars’ wortha lipstick on this pig.

  2. Prosperity? For whom?

    I’m sure the backers will say “For everyone”, but that is a logical impossibility. If everyone is prosperous then who will mow lawns and flip burgers?

  3. Avatar for meri meri says:

    We’ll see. I’ve lost a lot of faith in that place since I moved away from it.

  4. AFP = Kochsucking Walker Machinery now fully in progress…operating at full throttle…

    Wisconsin, you deserve so much better than this bought-and-paid-for-pissant-tool in your Governor’s mansion, leading your State.

  5. I have yet so see a republican ad worth any money at all. They all suck.

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