Crossroads GPS, the super PAC arm of Karl Rove’s American Crossroads, is planning a large ad campaign in most swing states beginning later this week.
Per a tweet from Obama campaign adviser David Axelrod:
FYI: Mitt’s pals over at Crossroads GPS, the non-disclosing half of the Rove operation, is laying down a TV buy to begin later this week.
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) May 15, 2012
Politico has more details:
The GOP outside spending juggernaut American Crossroads is buying airtime in virtually every major presidential swing state for ads starting later this week, a GOP media-tracking source tells me.
The flights cover Ohio, Colorado, Iowa, Michigan, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Florida, as well as markets in Maine, Vermont and Nebraska. Those last three states are not competitive on the presidential level but contain markets that overlap with swing states New Hampshire and Iowa.
The Crossroads ads are a combination of 30- and 60-second spots and will run May 17 to May 23, the source said.
What’s unknown is whether the ads will focus solely on the presidential race or Senate races as well.
