Former White House aides are joining Republican fundraisers in bankrolling a $15
million, five-week advertising campaign putting pressure on lawmakers whose
backing of President Bush's Iraq war strategy may be wavering.
The group, Freedom's Watch, launched the ads Wednesday, even as Bush delivered a renewed call for keeping U.S. forces in Iraq. The money will pay for ad placements on national cable and local television stations as well as on radio and the
Internet.The ads will run in 20 states and will urge viewers to ask their
member of Congress to stand by Bush's plan. Organizers of the effort would not
identify the targeted lawmakers, but a review of the initial TV ad placements
done by a group opposed to the war shows most of them are in Republican
congressional districts.
Is Bush and pro war Republicans worried about a split in the party that could undermine support for the war?
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