Oil and coal-backed groups far outpace Obama, allies on energy ads

LA Times: Energy has become a touchstone issue in the presidential race, and groups backed by oil and coal dollars have spent far more money on ads bashing the president's record than the Obama campaign and its allies have spent defending it, according to a new analysis by the Center for American Progress, a left-leaning Washington think tank. Relying on the groups' own announcements and data provided to press clients by Kantar Media/Campaign Media Analysis Group, the Center's Climate Progress blog calculated...

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