April 26, 2012 12:51 AM UTC

Huge Super PAC Ad Buy Drills Romney on "Big Oil" Ties

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• by: Colorado Pols

In case you haven’t already seen it, Talking Points Memo:

Priorities USA Action and the League of Conservation Voters Victory Fund have gone up with a joint ad buy of $1 million in Colorado and Nevada, the groups announced Wednesday. The ad accuses Mitt Romney of being a “$200 million man” who is “in the tank for big oil.”

“He’s the $200 million man and big oil’s fingerprints are all over him,” the narrator says. “Big Oil’s pledged 200 million to help Mitt Romney, and Romney’s pledged to protect their profits and billions in special tax breaks.”

CNN with the how-dare-yous:

Responding to the ad, Romney spokeswoman Andrea Saul said Americans are paying “twice as much” at the pump now than before Obama took office.

“President Obama and his allies will do whatever they can to try to deflect blame and cover up for Obama’s failure to control gas prices. Blaming Mitt Romney for President Obama’s failed record on energy and the economy will do nothing to help the household budget squeeze Americans are facing,” Saul said in a statement.

There’s no question such a large buy will result in a healthy percentage of Colorado voting eyeballs making contact with this ad–as we’ve said before about similar ads, a smart head-on response to the intense Republican campaign to blame President Barack Obama and Democrats for rising gas prices. We do believe this is the biggest single ad buy yet this election cycle for Colorado consumption, but we doubt that’s a mark that will stand for long.