Rove-Backed Group Spends $4 Million on Attack Ads in a Single Week

The new wave of ads by Crossroads Grassroots Policy Strategies and its affiliate, American Crossroads, comes during the final weeks of the congressional campaign. The money, together with that of dozens of other groups aligned with the GOP, represents an unwelcome negative trend in 2010's less regulated world of money and politics.

Since August, the two Crossroads groups have injected nearly $14 million into hotly contested Senate races in eight states - Florida, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, Pennsylvania, Nevada, Colorado and Washington.

According to a Wesleyan University analysis of ad data from Kantar Media/CMAG, overall spending this year in House and Senate races by candidates, outside groups and the political parties had reached $220 million as of mid-September. [WAPO] 

Every election cycle uncovers a new trend or loophole that is exploited by either party in hopes of gaining an advantage. Thank you U.S. Supreme Court.