USA TODAY: A cluster of party and outside groups gives Republican nominee Mitt Romney an overall cash on hand lead, but President Obama has greater control over the campaign cash at his disposal, reports show.
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney, the Republican Party and a constellation of outside GOP groups entered the final campaign stretch with a nearly $46 million cash advantage for the last-minute advertising and get-out-the-vote push in this nail-biter election, a USA TODAY analysis of new campaign reports shows.
The candidates and political parties collectively have raised close to $2 billion through the end of September, giving Romney and President Obama ample cash to devote legions of staffers to swing states. Both men and their allies readied a fresh round of advertising over the weekend ahead of Monday’s third and final debate in Boca Raton, Fla… (more)
