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Clinton Super PAC Prepares to Unleash Its Advertising War Chest Against Donald Trump
Fortune ^ | 05/06/16 | AP

Posted on 05/06/2016 7:02:59 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper

Priorities USA has reserved $91 million in television advertising.

Long before Donald Trump swatted away his Republican presidential rivals, his likely Democratic opponent and her allies began laying traps for him.

Priorities USA, the lead super PAC backing Hillary Clinton, has already reserved $91 million in television advertising that will start next month and continue through Election Day. In addition, Clinton’s campaign and Priorities USA have both debuted online videos that cast Trump in a negative light—a preview of what voters will see on TV over the next six months.

So far, Priorities USA is the only group on either side that has rolled out such an ambitious advertising plan geared toward the general election. The group’s leaders say they’re trying to avoid what they see as the core mistake made by Trump’s Republican rivals—not pushing hard enough against him until it was too late.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: clinton; trump
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And now we know why Trump and the RNC are on a donor push. This is just one pro-Hillary PAC.
1 posted on 05/06/2016 7:03:00 AM PDT by winoneforthegipper
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To: winoneforthegipper

Here come da hate. Here come da hate. Lies too!


2 posted on 05/06/2016 7:04:56 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (#neverclinton)
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For the first time in the campaign a Super Pac not controlled by a GOPe operative will attack Trump.


3 posted on 05/06/2016 7:06:53 AM PDT by FlipWilson
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To: winoneforthegipper

Jan Brewer coming up on Fox!


4 posted on 05/06/2016 7:09:42 AM PDT by acoulterfan
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To: winoneforthegipper

One thing Hillary can’t do is weekly rallies where tens of thousands show up and its on TV.


5 posted on 05/06/2016 7:14:11 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: winoneforthegipper

Attack ads did absolutely no good in the primary against Trump, in fact if anything they probably helped him. People are pissed off and all those do is make them even madder.

Clinton’s fighting a new political war using old tactics.


6 posted on 05/06/2016 7:14:42 AM PDT by Snowybear
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To: winoneforthegipper

People who live in glass houses might want to stop and think before they start throwing rocks.


7 posted on 05/06/2016 7:15:54 AM PDT by TYVets
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Attack ads did absolutely no good in the primary against Trump

Actually, I think they did the job they were intended to do. They softened him up for the Hillary PAC ads.

I know quite a few people who were turned off to Trump and are currently #nevertrumpers. These are normal voters for the GOP candidate.

8 posted on 05/06/2016 7:17:47 AM PDT by Lakeshark (One time Cruz supporter who now prefers Trump. Yes, there are good reasons.)
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-- People are pissed off and all those do is make them even madder. --

Best election in my lifetime. I am so looking forward to those ads. Trump has a very good sense of how they play, and even the ones that "cast him in a bad light" are often setting out his positions pretty accurately.

9 posted on 05/06/2016 7:18:41 AM PDT by Cboldt
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One thing Hillary can’t do is weekly rallies where tens of thousands show up and its on TV.

Trump says she has no stamina.


10 posted on 05/06/2016 7:20:22 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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To: winoneforthegipper

Trump’s opponents ran a very tough ad against him in Wisconsin. If that did not take him out, I don’t know what would.


11 posted on 05/06/2016 7:27:51 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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The two attack ads so far have been pro-Trump in disguise. The first emphasized that Trump will do what he says will do. The second emphasized how much the establishment GOP hates him. So bring it on Hillary!


12 posted on 05/06/2016 7:39:04 AM PDT by jalisco555 ("In a time of universal deceit telling the truth is a revolutionary act". George Orwell.)
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Trump will face a fire storm. What I know is the American voter is so fed up I am not sure that this is going to have any effect at all. Trump is good at fighting back and he will do that.

Pass the popcorn

Sorry folks that supported Ted. Cruz does not know how to fight back when it comes to down and dirty


13 posted on 05/06/2016 7:56:12 AM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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One thing Hillary can’t do is weekly rallies where tens of thousands show up and its on TV.

Trump says she has no stamina.


14 posted on 05/06/2016 8:01:18 AM PDT by COUNTrecount
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The money will be close

Hillary hasn't been hit hard sense Obama did it 2007-8.

There is so much more sense then.

Clinton Wealth

Clinton Foundation

E-Mails

Benghazi deaths

Currently has 4 criminal Investigations

Speeches to Wall Street , hurt her with Democrats,

Selling of uranium to Russia

Over turning of two Allies, Libya and Egypt.

Reset with Russia, Redline in Syria

Economy and Obamacare , Might little town budget talked with Blue Cross in North Carolina and was told to expect 49% increase in 2017. That's just a few

15 posted on 05/06/2016 8:04:09 AM PDT by scooby321 (o even lower)
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Actually, I think they did the job they were intended to do. They softened him up for the Hillary PAC ads.

Soften him up? Explain.

I know quite a few people who were turned off to Trump and are currently #nevertrumpers. These are normal voters for the GOP candidate.

I don't know anybody like that, but I do know some previously apathetic people who are really fired up.

16 posted on 05/06/2016 9:05:35 AM PDT by Ken H (Best election ever!)
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To: winoneforthegipper

D.T. says his net worth is $9 billion. I expect he could spend a bil. or so without even noticing it’s gone.


17 posted on 05/06/2016 9:36:58 AM PDT by Graybeard58 (Crooked Hillary's going down and I aint talkin about, on Huma.)
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To: Buckeye McFrog

Trump even over-performed his Real Clear Politics average in Wisconsin. RCP had him at 34.5 percent, and he received 35.1 percent. That was with the Ryan-Walker-Preibus machines against him, plus all the hours and hours of daily talk radio programs blasting him for months. In the lead-up to the primary they also unleashed an anti-Trump ad campaign.

I have a lot of hope for Trump. In the primaries of NY to IN, he out performed his RCP average by an average of 9 percentage points. Prior to NY he was over-performing by an average of 4 percentage points.


18 posted on 05/06/2016 9:58:55 AM PDT by euram
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He currently has been showing poorly in national polls. He was softened up by these ads. I'm not saying it's going to work, or that I like it, just that they did what they intended to do.

I also know a lot of people who are fired up for him. I'm fired up for him.

I really have met (and know) a bunch of people who normally vote GOP that are #nevertrumpers. If you don't think they exist, or they are a fiction, you are wrong. I think we can talk most of them down off the cliff, but I promise you, they exist. In huge numbers.

It's our job to reach out and get them off the ledge. It's going to take an effort, and it's a really important thing to do.

19 posted on 05/06/2016 10:33:49 AM PDT by Lakeshark (Trump. He stands for the great issues of the day. He's not Hillary. I love both these things.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Here come da hate. Here come da hate. Lies too!


It’s round two. Same globalist pay masters as in the primary. Different PAC names. Same money...and more.


20 posted on 05/06/2016 3:03:23 PM PDT by SaraJohnson
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