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"FacebookPinterestHunger Reads Badge.jpg \n\nRepublican rich dudes are going to spend $1 billion to help Romney: \n\n &amp;quot;GOP Groups Plan Record $1 Billion Blitz&amp;quot;, Mike Allen and Jim VandeHei, Politico.\n\n&amp;quot;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\u2019 thus-far futile efforts to blunt the effects of a pair of 2010 federal court rulings - including the Supreme Court\u2019s 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.&amp;quot;\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): &amp;quot;As Governor, Romney Picked Winners and Losers of his Own&amp;quot;, Andy Sullivan, Reuters.\n\n&amp;quot;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.&amp;quot;\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\u2019t--in Politics This Summer\n\nHunger Reads: Obama\u2019s &amp;quot;Kill List&amp;quot; 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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