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<p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Virginia Democratic candidate, former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, right, take part in a campaign event at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, July 13, 2012. Obama is spending the day in Virginia campaigning. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p>

<p>President Barack Obama, accompanied by Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., left, and Virginia Democratic candidate, former Virginia Gov. Tim Kaine, right, take part in a campaign event at Green Run High School in Virginia Beach, Va., Friday, July 13, 2012. Obama is spending the day in Virginia campaigning. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)</p>

July 15, 2012

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Obama attack ad spending soars
July 15, 2012 9:15 p.m.

Obama attack ad spending soars

More than one-fifth of spending has been in Ohio

WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama's campaign has spent nearly $100 million on television commercials in selected battleground states so far, unleashing a sustained early barrage designed to create lasting, negative impressions of Republican Mitt Romney before he and his allies ramp up for the fall.