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"FacebookPinterestHunger Reads Badge.jpg\n\nRepublican rich dudes are going to spend $1 billion to help Romney: \n\n \"GOP Groups Plan Record $1 Billion Blitz\", Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, Politico.\n\n\"The consequences of the conservative resurgence in fundraising are profound. If it holds, Romney and his allies will likely outraise and outspend Obama this fall, a once-unthinkable proposition. The surge has increased the urgency of the Democrats' thus-far futile efforts to blunt the effects of a pair of 2010 federal court rulings - including the Supreme Court's seminal Citizens United decision - that opened the floodgates for limitless spending, and prompted Obama to flip-flop on his resistance to super PACs on the left.\"\n\n As Romney attacks Obama on cronyism, Reuters holds the mirror up to the former governor (and the Obama camp circulates it, of course): \"As Governor, Romney Picked Winners and Losers of his Own\", Andy Sullivan, Reuters.\n\n\"During that time, Romney pursued a hands-on approach to economic development that favored some industries over others and, in some instances, singled out individual firms for special favors.\n\nRomney, a former private equity ecutive, backed tax breaks for film makers and biotech and medical-device manufacturers. His administration promoted venture capital-style funds that extended loans to start-up companies, some of which subsequently went out of business.\"\n\nRead more on Death Race 2012\n\nSeven New Conspiracy Theories! How the Radical Fringe Will Freak Over the New Obama Biography\n\nThe Death Race Summer Field Guide: What You Can Ignore--And What You Can't--in Politics This Summer\n\nHunger Reads: Obama's \"Kill List\" and Romney Wins Points for Economic Stimulus Plan by Default\n\nThe Most (And Least) Powerful People in Politics Right Now\n\nFollow @GQPolitics on Twitter for more updates from the campaign trail."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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