(Community Matters) Reading about Mr Forti and American Crossroads – I’m wondering . . . . are these guys making 15% on the media buys? If so, is Forti pocketing $60mm? What about the guys running the others – both sides of the aisle I’m asking
THE JUICE – N.Y. Times A1, “AT 40, STEERING A VAST MACHINE OF G.O.P. MONEY – A LOW-PROFILE LINCHPIN,” by Nicholas Confessore (with a 4-col. POLITICO pic of Forti, by the newly engaged Jay Westcott) : “Carl Forti, a low-profile Buffalo native who served as the political director of Mitt Romney’s first White House campaign, will deploy at least $400 million in political money this season, more than Senator John McCain spent running for president in 2008. After years in the Republican Party trenches, Mr. Forti, 40, is now a consultant and strategist for the biggest of the outside groups and “super PACs” …. Forti is the political director of American Crossroads … ; Mr. Forti’s firm, the Black Rock Group, is a consultant to tax-exempt groups like the 60 Plus Association, which are expected to spend millions of dollars on ads this fall; and he is a founder of Restore Our Future, the [pro-Romney] super PAC …
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