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Romney, Dodd Launch TV Ad Campaigns NewsMax.com Wires WASHINGTON -- Christopher Dodd is taking on his Democratic presidential rivals - again. And Republican Mitt Romney is now highlighting his home state - with a bit of a sneer. In new television commercials, the two presidential candidates are each addressing some of their biggest challenges. For Dodd, that means directly confronting Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Obama, pack leaders in the Democratic field. For Romney, it means acknowledging he once governed Massachusetts, a state conservatives consider a center of left-wing thought. Dodd makes note of his support for legislation that would have cut off funds for the war in Iraq by March 31, 2008. In an ad two weeks ago he challenged other Democrats to join him. "It worked," an announcer in his new ad says. "Now Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton have changed their positions to follow Chris Dodd." Obama and Clinton did vote with Dodd last week to end debate on the cut off measure and bring it to the Senate floor for a vote. "Soon Chris Dodd will be talking...about his plan to stop global warming," the ad goes on. "Maybe the other candidates will follow Chris Dodd on global warming, too." Story Continues Below
Dodd's ads are running in New Hampshire and Iowa and are similar in cost to a relatively modest $120,000 purchase of television time for his ads two weeks ago. Romney's commercial paints him as a leader in a hostile environment. An announcer intones: "In the most liberal state in the country, one Republican stood up and cut spending, instead of raising taxes. He enforced immigration laws, stood up for traditional marriage and the sanctity of human life." "In the toughest place," the ad concludes, "Mitt Romney's done the toughest things." The commercial is part of a three ad rotation that the Romney camp is running in Iowa, New Hampshire and on national cable networks. The campaign is spending about $2 million this month to place those ads.
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