Priorities USA Action
Obama super PAC raises nearly as much as Romney's in May, which is an improvement
Priorities USA Action, the super PAC formed to support President Obama, reported its best fund-raising month in its history yesterday, with just over $4 million raised in May. More
Andrew Cuomo's committee outraises Obama's super PAC
As part of his newfound engagement on behalf of President Obama's re-election effort, former president Bill Clinton is reportedly set to help raise money for Priorities USA Action, the pro-Obama super PAC that's so far struggled to excite wealthy liberal donors.
They might want to ask Andrew Cuomo too.
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As part of his newfound engagement on behalf of President Obama's re-election effort, former president Bill Clinton is reportedly set to help raise money for Priorities USA Action, the pro-Obama super PAC that's so far struggled to excite wealthy liberal donors. More
Obama super PAC says at least its ads use real people
The super PAC backing President Obama reacted to a new ad from Karl Rove's super PAC, Crossroads GPS, by criticizing its use of a fictional character struggling through the economic recession.
"In our ads, we portray real life stories of Americans who were devastated by the decisions Mitt Romney made," said Bill Burton, the founder of Priorities USA Action, in a statement.
The Crossroads ad, which earned a long preview in the New York Times this morning, features a woman watching her kids play basketball, who then morphs into an old woman talking about how her kids moved back home because they couldn't find a job. More
(1)Obama super PAC's April haul from New York: $12,500
President Obama's super PAC is still struggling to raise money, and nowhere is it more conspicuous than in New York.
According to the latest F.E.C. filings, Priorities USA Action raised just over $1.5 million in April, which included $1 million from the National Air Traffic Controllers Association.
Donors from across New York State gave a grand total of $12,500 last month. More
Obama super PAC doubles down on the Bain ad
One day after President Obama's campaign launched its first attack ad on Mitt Romney's record at Bain Capital, the super PAC supporting the president, Priorities USA Action, is following up with a 30-second version. More
Obama super PAC pushes Romney as a puppet of 'Big Oil'
Priorities USA Action, the super PAC supporting President Obama, is making a big ad buy in the hopes of tethering Mitt Romney to the country's biggest oil producers.
The super PAC teamed with the campaign arm of the League of Conservation Voters to split the cost of a $1 million ad that says Romney is "in the tank for Big Oil." More
Pro-Obama super PAC raised a total $17K in New York State last month
Last week, Priorities USA Action, the main super PAC supporting President Obama, leaked its $2 million in February fund-raising total and tried to put a good spin on it.
Co-founder Bill Burton told ABC News that was "40 times better than January," and ABC reported it as a "positive step" for the PAC, following an anemic January, when it raised just over $58,000. More
Priorities USA-plus? Democratic super PACs unite to form a super super PAC
The three main super PACs aiming to elect Democrats in 2012 are banding together. A new filing on the FEC site establishes what might be called a super super PAC, uniting the independent expenditure committee supporting President Obama, Priorities USA Action, and with two others dedicated to electing Democrats in the House and Senate, Majority PAC and House Majority PAC, respectively. More
Donors in New York, the A.T.M. for candidates everywhere, avoid the super PAC racket to start 2012
With the exception of a small number of donors to Mitt Romney and Rick Santorum, that surge in super PAC money isn't coming from New York, according to January fund-raising reports released yesterday. More
