Saturday, March 3, 2012

Super PACs flood Ohio with cash, negative ads

Mar. 3, 2012, Bucyrus Telegraph-Forum

By Jessica Alaimo
CentralOhio.com

Rick Santorum, despite being outspent by chief rival Mitt Romney, enjoys a lead in the GOP presidential race in Ohio.

But a poll released Friday shows Romney has closed the gap, and one expert says this is because of the barrage of political ads flooding Ohio’s airwaves.

There’s a whole new animal in the 2012 presidential race: the super PAC. These organizations can spend unlimited amounts of money to influence an election, and do not have to disclose their donors.

While these committees existed before, a 2010 Supreme Court decision allowed them to directly support or oppose candidates.

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