Here's a look into the way that campaign dirt is collected and defended; and the $'s it takes...
Liberal groups dig for dirt on Jeb Bush, other GOP candidates
http://www.tampabay.com/news/politics/stateroundup/liberal-groups-dig-for-dirt-on-jeb-bush-other-gop-candidates/2230589
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The quick hit by the Democratic political action committee American Bridge was the latest shot from an opposition war room in the digital age. As their counterparts do on the other side, liberal and Democratic groups such as American Bridge are working to turn every move and utterance by a burgeoning field of Republican presidential hopefuls into a viral tweet, a damaging video or a scathing TV or newspaper story.
Their monitors track every move by the Republicans, research public records and record the hopefuls at campaign events — all in a quest to define the Republican field in a way to make them look bad.
"We constantly are digging," said American Bridge's research director, Steven D'Amico. "You don't always find the silver bullet every day, but the truth is we find much smaller things that push a narrative."
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Correct the Record was launched in November 2013 to run reverse opposition research, essentially delving into Clinton's record at the State Department to defend her against critics. It recently split off from American Bridge and is registering as a separate committee.
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Millions and millions in 2016 will go into every sort of media. If it's anything like the last elections in Fl, there was hardly a minute of TV without a commercial, and mailers every day. Now, we're already getting robocalls every evening. Really.
What's amazing is the downright lies that anyone can put out there, and very little will come of it.
Brace yourself for the most expensive election war ever - and probably the dirtiest one too.
