The latest polls: In PA, Franklin and Marshall has Obama up 52-43%.
Ad spending in this presidential election is now up to $664 million, with Team Romney (the campaign and groups that support him) outspending Team Obama $355.6 million to $307.9 million. This week, $44 million is being poured into battleground-state advertising with Team Romney outspending Team Obama $25.6 million to $18.6 million.
But a couple of little-noticed facts about outside spending -- despite all the help the Crossroads groups have given Romney, they essentially went dark in August. Crossroads GPS wasn’t on air for three weeks between mid-August and the first week of September. And American Crossroads wasn't on air at all in August and the first week of September, right at the time that President Obama began to see leads. \
And Restore Our Future’s (the principal pro-Romney Super PAC) spending has plummeted from August to September, going from $23 million to just $3 million. Priorities USA, which supports the president, has more than doubled its spending from just about $4 million in August to more than $9 million this month so far.
OUTSIDE GROUP SPENDING BY MONTH
Restore $23.2 million (Aug), just $3 million (Sept)
Priorities $3.8 million (Aug), $9.4 million (Sept)
Am Cross $0 (Aug), $15.4 million (Sept)
Cross GPS $1.7 million (Aug), $6 million (Sept)
Here’s a look at how the states break down (since March 19):
Florida - $135.7M
Ohio - $129.3M
Virginia - $103.4M
N. Carolina - $61.5M
Colorado - $61.3M
Iowa - $51.6M
Nevada - $40.9M
NH - $29.9
Wisconsin - $17.5
Pennsylvania - $19.3M
Michigan - $10M
Minnesota - $3.2M
