Dark Money Groups Buy Susan Collins A Super Bowl Ad
Nothing says desperation like spending millions on a Super Bowl ad in a state where you've been Senator for thirty years. Collins' Hail Mary seems hopeless, but the billionaires who put her there are willing to try.
Source: New York Times
Among the Super Bowl commercials hawking potato chips, beer and cars, viewers who tune in to the big game in Maine on Sunday will see a spot for the state’s Republican senator, Susan M. Collins, who is viewed as one of her party’s most vulnerable Senate incumbents.
The 30-second ad, which highlights efforts by Ms. Collins to support firefighters, is part of an expensive effort by a Republican-aligned group to help Ms. Collins fend off what is expected to be a fierce Democratic challenge in November.
It is part of an initial $5.5 million ad campaign on her behalf from One Nation, a nonprofit allied with the top super PAC for Senate Republicans, the Senate Leadership Fund.
And who are these big-money weasels? According to Sourcewatch: