Campaign ads

President Obama's campaign released a new television ad Wednesday blasting Republican opponent Mitt Romney over public education.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney's latest ad accuses President Obama of "raiding" Medicare to pay for the president's signature healthcare law. 

The new ad, titled "Nothing's Free," continues Romney's effort to ensure Medicare is a problem for Obama and not for the Republican ticket, which includes a vice presidential candidate who has endorsed a significant overhaul of Medicare. 

Romney argues the Obama healthcare law would shift funds away from Medicare. 

Rep. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) is out with a new ad blasting former Wisconsin Gov. Tommy Thompson (R) for refusing to release his tax returns.

Former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D) is up with his first ad of the election cycle, a positive spot that touts his time as governor and frames him as the "fiscally responsible" choice.

President Obama's campaign has launched its first Medicare-themed attack ad against the GOP ticket.

New TV advertisements in Washington, D.C., and Virginia will paint GOP Virginia Senate candidate George Allen as beholden to oil-and-gas interests.

Liberal groups Majority PAC and the League of Conservation Voters are funding the $1.6 million campaign against Allen, a former Virginia senator running against former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine (D). The ads decry Allen’s haul of more than $500,000 in campaign contributions in three previous elections from the oil and gas industry and his links to Republican strategist Karl Rove.

Watch the ads, which begin running Thursday, here and here.

The furor over a pro-Obama super-PAC ad is a rare example of a political commercial that backfires.

YG Action Fund, a super-PAC started by former aides to House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.), is spending $5.5 million in 12 House districts over the next few months to support candidates considered Young Guns, the National Republican Congressional Committee's list of rising GOP stars.

The super-PAC is supporting Republican candidates Adam Hastner in Florida's 22nd district, Jason Plummer in Illinois's 12th district, Jackie Walorski in Indiana's 2nd district, Kim Vann in California's 3rd district, David Valadao in California's 21st district, David Rouzer and Richard Hudson in North Carolina's 7th and 8th districts, respectively, Keith Rothfus in Pennsylvania's 12th district and Richard Tisei in Massachusetts's 6th district.

YG Action Fund will also be spending to keep charter Young Guns members Reps. Joe Heck (R-Nev.), Frank Guinta (R-N.H.) and Robert Hurt (R-Va.) in office.

President Obama plans to haunt Mitt Romney on his upcoming bus tour through swing states with questions about his tax rate.

Rep. Connie Mack (R-Fla.) released a new campaign ad on Thursday blasting Sen. Bill Nelson (D-Fla.) for running an ad against Mack that highlights Mack's past work for a management company that owned several Hooters restaurants in Florida. Mack is trying to win Nelson's Senate seat this year.

Mack's ad, titled "What Matters," says he wants to talk about issues that matter to Americans, while Nelson "wants to talk about Hooters and what I did as a kid."