RSS Feeds  Romney ad advantage doesn't tell the whole story
Thursday - 10/18/2012, 12:16pm  ET  Associated Press  NEW YORK
(AP) - Independent groups working to elect Republican Mitt
Romney have helped him match or even exceed President Barack
Obama's TV ad spending in dozens of media markets in
battleground states. But the spending disparity doesn't tell the
whole story, as Obama is still getting more value for his money
with his ads.  An Associated Press analysis of presidential
campaign advertising data from April through last week found
that pro-Romney spending has exceeded pro-Obama ad spending by
at least $65 million across the nine states expected to decide
the election: Colorado, Florida, Nevada, New Hampshire, North
Carolina, Ohio, Virginia, Iowa and Wisconsin.  Republican
outside groups like American Crossroads and Americans for
Prosperity have spent millions to complement Romney's campaign
advertising, helping the GOP hopeful break even with or surpass
Obama in places the president once dominated.