- otus
- July 13, 2012
AC
For months, a team of researchers at American Bridge 21st Century, a liberal super PAC founded in 2010 that tracks Republican candidates, have been working on massive opposition research folders focused on Mitt Romney's possible vice presidential contenders. Now, that team is sharing their work with the world. On Friday the organization released the research books on rumored vice presidential short-listers former Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, Ohio Sen. Rob Portman and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio, including video clips of each contender on the stump. Combined, American Bridge has compiled nearly 1,400 pages of opposition research on the trio. American Bridge launched a new site to house the documents, VeepMistakes.com, which was first reported Friday morning by ABC News. "During the 2012 GOP presidential primary, the Republican base tried as hard as they could to nominate anyone-but-Romney," the front page of the new site reads....