THE INFLUENCE GAME: Chamber at odds with Obama
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If President Barack Obama wants to take the measure of his opposition  he only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There  behind 10 massive Corinthian columns  is the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- a leading critic of the administration's health care and banking overhaul plans.
 Evan Tracey  who tracks political advertising as president of the Campaign Media Analysis Group  said that as of the first week of August  the amount spent on ads supporting an Obama-styled plan totaled more than $22 million to more than $8 million against it.
 One of the leading spenders against Obama's plan is Conservatives for Patients Rights  a group led and largely financed by Rick Scott  a former hospital executive. Scott was chief executive of Columbia/HCA  a health care company that pleaded guilty to overbilling charges.
an Obama-styled plan totaled more than $22 million to more than $8 million against it.
 The chamber's efforts to limit the reach of Obama's banking regulation plans is less visible  matching the issue's lower profile with the public. But the chamber wasted no time taking on the role of overarching critic while the various sectors in the financial industry took issue with more specific aspects of Obama's plans.
WASHINGTON (AP) -- If [TGT] wants to take the measure of [TGT] opposition  [TGT] only has to glance across Lafayette Park from the White House. There  behind 10 massive Corinthian columns  is the headquarters of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce -- a leading critic of the administration's health care and banking overhaul plans.
 Evan Tracey  who tracks political advertising as president of the Campaign Media Analysis Group  said that as of the first week of August  the amount spent on ads supporting [TGT] totaled more than $22 million to more than $8 million against [TGT].
 One of the leading spenders against [TGT]'s plan is Conservatives for Patients Rights  a group led and largely financed by Rick Scott  a former hospital executive. Scott was chief executive of Columbia/HCA  a health care company that pleaded guilty to overbilling charges.
[TGT] totaled more than $22 million to more than $8 million against [TGT].
 The chamber's efforts to limit the reach of [TGT]'s banking regulation plans is less visible  matching the issue's lower profile with the public. But the chamber wasted no time taking on the role of overarching critic while the various sectors in the financial industry took issue with more specific aspects of [TGT]'s plans.