Claim: During the presidential campaign, the Obama campaign emailed fundraising appeals with subject lines such as "This is critical" and "Absolutely urgent" to lament how the Democrats were being outraised and outspent by Republicans. But here's something to consider: The Obama and Romney campaigns combined raised a record amount of more than $2 billion. Super PACs spent another $600 million. That paid for a lot of advertising and created a lot of work for us.
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Verdict: during the presidential campaign, the obama campaign emailed fundraising appeals with subject lines such as "this is critical" and "absolutely urgent" to lament how the democrats were being outraised and outspent by republicans. but here's something to consider: the obama and romney campaigns combined raised a record amount of more than $2 billion. super pacs spent another $600 million. that paid for a lot of advertising and created a lot of work for us.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Eugene Kiely
Date published: 2012-12-17T15:44:24