AP source: Vegas Mogul gives $5M to pro-Gingrich group
MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — A Las Vegas billionaire has contributed $5 million to an independent group backing Newt Gingrich, bolstering the former House speaker’s efforts to revive his presidential campaign and drawing renewed attention to the role of such groups in the 2012 contest.“Governor, I wish you would calmly and directly state it is your former staff running the PAC,” Gingrich said to Romney. Now the knife is in Newt’s hand.
His PAC’s money is going toward a film critical of Mitt Romney’s tenure at Baim. Winning Our Future PAC said Sunday that the 28-minute video assails Romney for “reaping massive awards” while head of Bain Capital .
Romney’s super PAC called “Restore Our Future” hammered Gingrich with $3 million in negative ads before the Iowa caucuses. Now, the tables have turned.
“When Mitt Romney Came To Town,” assails Romney for “reaping massive awards” for himself at the cost of worker jobs.
Crossroads, the giant conservative outfit tied to former George W. Bush political adviser Karl Rove, operates both a super PAC, Crossroads GPS, and a nonprofit, American Crossroads. Crossroads GPSplayed a significant role in the 2010 midterm elections, helping deliver the House to the GOP and boost the number of Republicans in the Senate.
Romney and Gingrich tangled over the role of super PACs in a nationally televised debate Sunday. Romney said he had not seen Restore Our Future’s ads but defended their content.