The super PAC supporting Sen. Marco Rubio’s presidential bid is on the air with a $1 million-plus television advertising buy; the announcement came one day after Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush’s super PAC announced its first paid ad — a digital spot.
Conservative Solutions Project, the super PAC behind Rubio, Florida’s junior senator, is running its ad on Fox News Channel and other cable stations, asking viewers to tell their senators to join him in opposing President Obama’s “bad deal” with Iran. Obama is in the final stages of negotiating a deal with Tehran to limit the Islamic regime’s nuclear weapons capability.
Rubio’s super PAC, which by law the presidential contender cannot coordinate with, also is running radio and digital ads as a part of its first buy. The radio spots are set to run on nationally syndicated radio programs. The $1 million buy is for the first week of the purchase, but the super PAC intends to keep the spot on the air throughout the period that the Senate considers whether to approve or reject Obama’s Iran deal.
The agreement does not have to be ratified by Congress, but can be rejected if the votes to override an almost certain Obama veto can be mustered.
Meanwhile, Bush’s super PAC, Right to Rise USA, which is likely to be better funded than any other Republican candidate’s super PAC, went up Wednesday with digital ads targeting Republican and independent voters in Iowa and New Hampshire. Right to Rise declined to disclose the cost of its first paid advertisement.
Disclosure: The author’s wife works as an adviser to Scott Walker.
