Tuesday, January 10, 2012

96% of Negative Super PAC Spending Since Iowa Has Targeted Gingrich

In total, anti-Gingrich super PAC Restore Our Future disclosed $89,962 in expenditures opposing Mr. Gingrich’s candidacy since the Jan. 3 caucuses in Iowa, where he came in fourth. - Jeremy Singer-Vine/Wall St. Journal

That’s 96% of all negative spending in the past week by super PACs, the newest and most controversial form of political action committee, which can raise unlimited sums of money but aren’t permitted to coordinate with the campaigns.