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<description><![CDATA[Independent Republican groups are heavily outspending their cross-party counterparts on television advertising in the campaigns for the White House and control of the Senate, eating into President Barack Obama's financial advantage over Mitt Romney and prompting expressions of alarm from top congressional Democrats.]]></description>
<dc:creator><![CDATA[David Espo]]></dc:creator><source><![CDATA[David Espo]]></source><link>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12139438-gop-groups-top-democrats-in-tv-spending-by-far</link><guid>http://www.newsvine.com/_news/2012/06/09/12139438-gop-groups-top-democrats-in-tv-spending-by-far</guid><category>us</category><category>white-house</category><category>campaign</category><category>politics</category><category>mitt-romney</category><category>barack-obama</category><category>cash</category><category>campaign-cash</category><category>independent-republican</category><pubDate>Sat, 9 Jun 2012 13:05:48 +0000</pubDate><activity:verb>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post</activity:verb><activity:object-type>http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/generic_post</activity:object-type><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bf329d7-798a-4968-9ffc-7ec497657b22.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="271" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=3bf329d7-798a-4968-9ffc-7ec497657b22.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="82" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney speaks during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa, Friday, June 8, 2012. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8dccfc24-612d-4e58-a87a-a914e88b5a2a.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="485" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=8dccfc24-612d-4e58-a87a-a914e88b5a2a.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="146" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;President Barack Obama grins while joking with a reporter during a news conference at the White House in Washington, Friday, June 8, 2012.   (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be59b8a1-5b59-4beb-84d1-57475a174569.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="235" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=be59b8a1-5b59-4beb-84d1-57475a174569.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="71" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 8, 2012, file photo, President Barack Obama talks about the economy in the briefing room of the White House in Washington. Republican groups are heavily outspending their cross-party counterparts on television advertising in the early stages of the fall campaigns for the White House and control of the Senate, tempering Obama's financial advantage over Mitt Romney and sparking blunt expressions of concern from leading congressional Democrats. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content><media:content url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1892d670-a41d-4731-be46-00686d447cea.jpg&amp;width=400" type="image/jpeg" medium="image" height="267" width="400" ><media:thumbnail url="http://m.static.newsvine.com/servista/imagesizer?file=1892d670-a41d-4731-be46-00686d447cea.jpg&amp;width=120" width="120" height="80" /><media:description type="plain">&lt;p&gt;In this June 8, 2012, photo, supporters of Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney reaches out to shake his hand during a campaign stop in Council Bluffs, Iowa. Republican groups are heavily outspending their cross-party counterparts on television advertising in the early stages of the fall campaigns for the White House and control of the Senate, tempering President Barack Obama's financial advantage over Romney and sparking blunt expressions of concern from leading congressional Democrats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)&lt;/p&gt;</media:description><media:credit role="owner" scheme="urn:yvs"></media:credit></media:content></item></channel></rss>