
(Source: Sunshine State News)
As President Barack Obama prepares to visit Florida on Friday, the television airwaves in the Sunshine State are increasingly full of ads either backing or bashing his bid for a second term.
Obama carried Florida in 2008 and polls show the Sunshine State should be close in November when the president will face Republican candidate former Gov. Mitt Romney of Massachuetts in the general election.
On Wednesday, Americans for Prosperity (AFP), a conservative political group that pushes for free-market solutions, released a new ad attacking Obama in several key states including Florida. The group is pouring more than $1 million into Florida to keep the ad on the airwaves for 10 days starting on Wednesday.
Much like several other spots from the Romney campaign and its allies, the new ad from AFP slams Obama for insisting earlier in the month that the private sector was “doing fine” on his watch.
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