Will this union ad be a major player in the Florida Republican primary?
Politico rounds up
outside spending on the Florida Republican presidential primary ... and so far, a union is coming in second. Mitt Romney's super PAC, Restore Our Future, leads the way:
[T]he organization has spent more than $2.07 million in Florida alone to fund broadcast advertisements and phone banking designed to both support Romney and attack both Gingrich and fellow GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum, federal records indicate.
By contrast, the super PACs aligned with other candidates are spending peanuts so far: Just $225,000 from the pro-Santorum Red White and Blue Fund and a measly $100,000 from the pro-Gingrich Winning Our Future. That $100,000 is an internet ad buy; you have to assume they'll be doing something more shortly.
But AFSCME's ad buy targeting Romney, originally reported at $800,000, is in fact around $1 million. That's still less than half what Romney's super PAC has spent in the last few days, of course, but right now, it's some of the most serious opposition Romney is drawing in Florida.