10 millones gastados en Iowa sólo en diciembre

Des Moines Register:

Iowans might be more likely to have seen Ron Paul, Rick Perry or Mitt Romney on their television screens this December than to have seen Santa.

GOP presidential candidates and the political action committees that back them have together spent more than $10 million in advertising on television and radio in Iowa this month alone, a grand slam of advertising that outpaces amounts of previous years.

When it comes to TV ads in Iowa, Rick Perry is the king of the airwaves, spending $2.86 million in December alone, according to ad tracking figures provided by the campaigns last week.

A so-called super PAC that champions Romney is the next biggest spender at $2.85 million. Super PACs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money, but they’re forbidden from coordinating spending with a candidate or a campaign.

Paul’s campaign falls next in line at $1.37 million, followed by a pro-Perry super PAC that’s made $1.33 million in ad buys this month.

Romney’s campaign checks in at $1.11 million.

Newt Gingrich has one of the smaller figures at $476,000.

The tracking data didn’t capture recent buys by Rick Santorum and Michele Bachmann, and the campaigns declined to release their numbers.