rove s crossroads gps group is using the line in a commercial in some key swing states. obama s $830 billion stimulus failed. shovel-ready was not as shovel ready as we expected. 14 million out of work, america drowning in debt. it s time to take away obama s blank check. crossroads is also targeting democratic senators bill nelson. i might help him with that one. bill nelson from florida. also claire mccaskill, there s another one that s not really a lefty. johnson tester s okay and sherrod brown is great. sorry, senator nelson, no more reckless spending, no new taxes, and no more blank checks. tell senator bill nelson no more blank checks. sorry, senator mccaskill. no more reckless spending, no new taxes, and no more blank checks. tell senator sherrod brown we ve got to take away barack obama s blank checks. sorry, senator tester. no more reckless spending, no new taxes, and no more blank
but meet the press, says these are the facts. unemployment up 25 percent. national debt up 35 percent. the price of gas up 104 percent. obama s $80 billion surplus, failed. shovel ready was not as shovel ready as we expected. 14 million out of work. america drowning in debt. time to take the obama blank check. there is a key finding here. we have done almost 200 testing in 2011. when you give facts the public responds more favorably and that ad did well among democrats and republicans because you cannot twist the facts. they are what they are. you have that ad, a g.o.p. ad and another ad more favorable toward the democrats. how did that score? it did not score as well because it was more political
remember the last time stephen colbert was here. anyway, super pacs are relatively new and now highly influential. it s outside spending groups already pouring millions of dollars into competing attack add as. steven law is the president and ceo of american crossroads. it s the conservative group co-funded by a former bush strategist, karl rove and former rnc chair ed gless pea. mr. law joins me now. let me get the name straight. ceo of both american crossroads and crossroads gps? yes. you can oversee both, separate pots of money. correct. first a clip of the air you re running right now against president obama. our economy is now growing at a good clip. but nbc s meet the press says these are the facts about the obama record. unemployment up 25%, the national debt up 35%, 14 million out of work, america drowning in debt. it s time to take away obama s blank check. you know, you ve been in politics a long time. you ve been on all sides of the
agood clip. but nbc meet the press says these are the facts about the obama record. unemployment up 25%. the national debt up 35%. the price of gas up 104%. obama s 830 billion-dollar stimulus failed. shovel ledy was not as shovel ready as we expected. 14 million out of work. america drowning in debt. it s time to take away obama s blank check. juan: mr. rove joins us now from washington. carl rove, it s so early, i m thinking to myself why is karl spending all this money now and can i only think, well, you know what? americans generally say they personally like president obama and you want to make the case, you know what? his policies have been tragic, a disaster. and you want to separate president obama from those policies right now. am i right, karl? well, in part. it s also, like, juan, we are in a big battle over the debt
but nbc meet the press says these are the facts about the obama record. unemployment up 25%. the national debt up 35%. the price of gas up 104%. obama s 830 billion-dollar stimulus failed. shovel ledy was not as shovel ready as we expected. 14 million out of work. america drowning in debt. it s time to take away obama s blank check. juan: mr. rove joins us now from washington. carl rove, it s so early, i m thinking to myself why is karl spending all this money now and can i only think, well, you know what? americans generally say they personally like president obama and you want to make the case, you know what? his policies have been tragic, a disaster. and you want to separate president obama from those policies right now. am i right, karl? well, in part. it s also, like, juan, we are in a big battle over the debt ceiling.