not its primary activity. the question of where the line is crossed is left up to the irs. in addition, the idea of promoting social welfare allows for groups to discuss political issues. another important gray area. last year, cross roads gps president steven law said its negative adds weren t violating its status because when cross roads gps advertises, it talks about issues and holds all office holders like president obama accountable for how they ve been on those issues and while groups can t directly endorse political candidates, they can lobby on larger issues without endangering their status. two examples would be the lobbying arm and by the way, it s possible to be part of both camps. the nra also runs several charities, including the organization s civil rights defense fund. treasury secretary says but
and now they re paying for it. and karl is trying to unwind what he s wound. he s like a track tout. i used to go and after the races were over, they would show you who they d recommend you d bet on. it was always the winners that pass out the free picks. i would have bet on this guy. that s rove out there saying i would have had all of these winners picked, we would have won all of these general elections and now everybody realizes we re going to go over it in a minute. but your thoughts? now, i totally agree with howard. your analogy there. the problem for karl is we have all the betting slips. his two organizations, american cross roads and cross roads gps had a 1% and a 14% success rate. that is not a good track record. it doesn t auger well. this guy, basically, built donors out of more than $200 million and got no return on
michigan and sheldon adelson is running an ad campaign in three states and karl rove and american cross roads and cross roads gps bought $17.7 million in ad space in just eight key swing states woult a ground game it s hard to go up against that. that s right. and it s chump change and it helps make crystal clear that the choice that president barack obama is putting in front of the country and why they are discouraged or confused and that s why building the relationship and the block cap pens and volunteers that are
21%. now, let s take a look at the state of wisconsin. one of my favorites. the latest poll shows president obama widening his lead over mitt romney to seven points in this vital swing state. senate candidate congresswoman tammy baldwin, our next guess, has also been surging in the latest polls and it s gotten the attention of karl rove, which i think is good. cross roads gps made a $961,000 ad buy against baldwin this week. meanwhile, baldwin s opponent, former governor tommy thompson, is complaining about romney s effect on his fortunes. he says, the presidential thing is bound to have an impact on every election thompson said. you know, whether you re a democrat or republican, if you re standard bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it s going to reflect on the down-ballot. we sure hope so. let s turn to congresswoman tammy baldwin of wisconsin, now a candidate for the senate.
21%. now, let s take a look at the state of wisconsin. one of my favorites. the latest poll shows president obama widening his lead over mitt romney to seven points in this vital swing state. senate candidate congresswoman tammy baldwin, our next guess, has also been surging in the latest polls and it s gotten the attention of karl rove, which i think is good. cross roads gps made a $961,000 ad buy against baldwin this week. meanwhile, baldwin s opponent, former governor tommy thompson, is complaining about romney s effect on his fortunes. he says, the presidential thing is bound to have an impact on every election thompson said. you know, whether you re a democrat or republican, if you re standard bearer for the presidency is not doing well, it s going to reflect on the down-ballot. we sure hope so. let s turn to congresswoman