Campaign ads

The Republican National Committee released a new Web ad Friday morning mocking President Obama for frequently referencing "headwinds" while explaining the continued struggles of the economy.

American Crossroads and its sister group Crossroads GPS, two well-funded Republican outside groups, are up with major ad buys in three key Senate races: Montana, Indiana and New Mexico.

Obama does not appear in the video, which was sent to Wisconsin supporters urging them to recall Gov. Walker

Mitt Romney's campaign released a new television ad Friday, sticking to the theme developed in the first two commercials of the general election: what "day one" of a Romney presidency would look like.

In the new ad, a narrator argues that from his first day in the Oval Office, Romney would "put jobs first."

"President Romney focuses on the economy and the deficit, unleashes America’s energy resources and stands up to China on trade," a narrator says.

A prominent liberal super-PAC is accusing Mitt Romney of hypocrisy after the Republican presidential nominee said that shuttered green-energy company Solyndra was an example of "crony capitalism." 

Romney made the remarks Thursday outside the plant of the bankrupt solar panel manufacturer, which defaulted on more than $500 million in government-backed loans late last year.

"This building, this half-a-billion-dollar taxpayer investment, represents a serious conflict of interest on the part of the president and his team," Romney said, according to CNN.

"Obama's legacy on job creation is making risky bets on companies owned by campaign donors," Chairman Priebus said.

The ad hits the vulnerable Democrat for voting with Obama "90 percent of the time."

The video, the latest in a series of family-centric spots, seems designed to humanize Romney and show his softer side.

Mitt Romney's campaign is out with a new video of his family discussing wife Ann's diagnosis of multiple sclerosis, a soft montage in which Ann and their children discuss how Mitt helped her through that period.

Planned Parenthood's ad campaign slams Mitt Romney for "harmful positions on women's health."

The liberal outside group Patriot Majority is up with an ad attacking Sen. Dean Heller (R-Nev.) for his ties to Wall Street.

"Before Wall Street gave him $200,000 in campaign cash, before he voted to let banks' CEOs take millions in taxpayer-funded bonuses, Dean Heller was a stockbroker," the ad's narrator says. "No wonder he voted against Wall Street reform, against holding the big banks accountable. Heller even voted to risk your Social Security here in the stock market. Dean Heller — he votes like he still works for Wall Street, and that's bad for you."