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• Obama for Super-Pacs

  thewall.com | 4:21 pm Feb 7, 2012

  • Editor Ed Lasky reminds us when Obama promised to take Federal matching funds and then raised $750 million when he went back on his word and refused limits on his fund raising
  • President Barack Obama has reversed course and is now blessing the efforts of a sputtering super PAC, Priorities USA Action, organized to fight GOP dark-money attacks
  • Obama's top campaign staff will appear at super PAC events

• Obama Campaign: Yes We're Flip-Flopping On Super PACs, But Not Nearly As Bad As Mitt Romney

  buzzfeed.com | 5:54 pm Feb 7, 2012

  A senior official in President Barack Obama's reelection campaign admitted today that the change in policy to lend support to allied Super PACs opens the president up to charges of flip-flopping. Billing it as "a change in tactics" on a conference call…

• Obama campaign to support super PAC fundraising

  cnn.com | 4:46 pm Feb 7, 2012

  CNN) - In a change of position, Barack Obama's reelection campaign will begin using administration and campaign aides to fundraise for Priorities USA Action, a super PAC backing the president. Obama has been an outspoken critic of current campaign…

• Obama changes tune, urges fundraisers to back super PAC

  foxnews.com | 4:12 pm Feb 7, 2012

  TweetPresident Barack Obama's campaign is asking top fundraisers to support a Democratic-leaning outside group that is backing the president's re-election bid, reversing Obama's opposition to "super" political action committees, which can spend unlimited…

• Obama gives blessing to a super PAC

  washingtonpost.com | 6:30 pm Feb 7, 2012

  “We can’t allow for two sets of rules in this election whereby the Republican nominee is the beneficiary of unlimited spending and Democrats unilaterally disarm, ” Messina wrote. Dan Eggen will live chat with readers at 1 p.m. ET on what Obama’s reversal…

• With a Signal to Donors, Obama Yields on ‘Super PACs’ - NYTimes.com

  nytimes.com | 4:46 pm Feb 7, 2012
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• Obama backs down on super-Pac funding - FT.com

  ft.com | 4:12 pm Feb 7, 2012
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  cbsradionewscast.com | 12:40 pm Sep 15, 2011
• Major Obama Donors Are Tied to Pepe Cardona, Mexican Fugitive - NYTimes.com

  nytimes.com | 5:54 pm Feb 7, 2012

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• U-TURN: OBAMA BACKS SUPER PACS http://t.co/KNGMH0AK

  @Drudge_Report - Drudge Report
  

  2:55 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama’s decision to sign off on super PAC cash came as aides feared a "half-billion dollar" onslaught from Kochs/Rove: http://t.co/LURgc3Pf

  @TPM - Talking Points Memo
  

  5:47 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Feingold criticizes Obama campaign's super PAC decision: http://t.co/0Xv539lB

  @TPM - Talking Points Memo
  

  5:14 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Democracy In Action: President Obama Explains Why He Needs To Use A Super PAC To...End Super PACs (Video) http://t.co/YCLlfvdy (Column)

  @mediaite - Mediaite
  

  4:58 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama's super PAC decision could cut against his brand as a progressive reformer, by @GlennThrush. http://t.co/31Y6HAVK

  @politico44 - Politico 44
  

  4:47 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Barack Obama is supporting a super PAC. He's contradicting Michelle's anti-obesity campaign by having his cake and eating it too.

  @indecision - Indecision
  

  4:41 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama Campaign: Yes We're Flip-Flopping On Super PACs, But Not Nearly As Bad As Mitt Romney http://t.co/I6AvtFPP

  @ZekeJMiller - Zeke Miller
  

  4:37 pm Feb 7, 2012
• "What's being destroyed is integrity of democracy itself. The real winners are mega donors who bankroll Super PACs." http://t.co/0zxFy6Yo

  @BuddyRoemer - Gov. Buddy Roemer
  

  4:33 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama's message on super PACs isn't welcome, but Rightwing court opened sluicegates 4 this $ & u don't fight w/ one hand behind your back.

  @KatrinaNation - Katrina vandenHeuvel
  

  4:23 pm Feb 7, 2012
• PBO's approval numbers growing by leaps and bounds so MSM needs to shift the focus to Eastwood, birth control and super pac controversy.

  @metaquest - meta
  

  4:03 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Super PAC [n.] An "uncoordinated" group of former campaign staffers that funnel millions $$ from anonymous donors to influence your vote.

  @BuddyRoemer - Gov. Buddy Roemer
  

  3:39 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Remember when MSM held Obama accountable for '08 flip-flop on federal matching funds & '12 flip-flop on Super PACs? Me neither.

  @NolteNC - John Nolte
  

  3:31 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Do birth control pills come in a super pac?

  @lizzwinstead - Lizz Winstead
  

  3:28 pm Feb 7, 2012
• GOP spinning news outlets silly on this Super PAC stuff. Basic facts about this debate have been disappeared down meory hole.

  @ThePlumLineGS - Greg Sargent
  

  3:27 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Speaking of flip-flops... "Obama campaign urges fundraisers to back Super PAC" http://t.co/tHKjz47y

  @SenJohnMcCain - John McCain
  

  2:33 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Stories on Super PAC reversal should note that Dems tried to end this practice by legislation, and GOP opposed http://t.co/nZGZ1duU

  @ThePlumLineGS - Greg Sargent
  

  1:56 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Key news in Super PAC announcement: Obama supports constitutional amendment on Citizens United. In AM Roundup: http://t.co/nZGZ1duU

  @ThePlumLineGS - Greg Sargent
  

  1:54 pm Feb 7, 2012
• The Times, they are-a-changing: WaPo doesn't front page Obama/super PAC story http://t.co/csmldDp3, lead of NYT http://t.co/padM6TtY

  @HotlineJosh - Josh Kraushaar
  

  1:52 pm Feb 7, 2012
• The Obama Campaign has previously spoken out against Super Pacs but now says it "willl not play by two sets of rules."

  @markknoller - Mark Knoller
  

  1:38 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Super Pacs can raise and spend unlimited amounts of money so long as they don't take directions from any campaign or party.

  @markknoller - Mark Knoller
  

  1:37 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama campaign today launching drive to get its wealthy supporters to also contribute to pro-Obama Super PAC 'Priorities USA.'

  @markknoller - Mark Knoller
  

  1:31 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama Flip-Flops on Super PACs, Begs Donors to Pony Up http://t.co/mwbQVhVJ

  @foxnation - Fox Nation
  

  1:17 pm Feb 7, 2012
• Obama Opens Super PAC to Donors: Reversal of previous position. http://t.co/2xyVbMzP #cheatsheet

  @thedailybeast - The Daily Beast
  

  1:01 pm Feb 7, 2012
• In major reversal, Obama will urge wealthy Democrats to donate to Super PACs... http://t.co/CDO1jALB

  @politicalwire - Taegan Goddard
  

  12:43 pm Feb 7, 2012