<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[The Dish]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[http://dish.andrewsullivan.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Andrew Sullivan]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://dish.andrewsullivan.com/author/sullydish/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[Ad War Update: Math And&nbsp;Taxes]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>The Obama campaign released a <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57485429-503544/new-ads-aim-for-candidates-weaknesses/" target="_self">nine-state</a> TV ad hitting Romney with the <a href="http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/08/romney-tax-plan.html" target="_self">independent study of his tax plan</a> and tying it to what little we know of his own taxes:</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="290" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/r1D1jI61ckY" width="515"></iframe></p> <p>For its part, the Romney campaign released a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&amp;v=sfn6axtWH-I#!" target="_self">Virginia-focused &quot;didn&#39;t build that&quot; web ad</a> that also references the misleading &quot;it worked&quot; rhetoric. And the following TV ad from Romney suggests that Obama doesn&#39;t care about Florida&#39;s economy (the scope and size of the ad buy is unknown):</p> <p><iframe frameborder="0" height="290" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IcZn-PKuObc" width="515"></iframe></p> <p>NBC&#39;s First Read has a <a href="http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/02/13085664-first-thoughts-team-romneys-big-ad-spending-advantage?lite" target="_self">solid rundown</a> of ad spending so far:</p> <blockquote> <p>While it’s technically correct that the Obama campaign is outspending  the Romney campaign in TV advertising in the battleground states, you  can’t say the same thing when adding all the outside groups.</p> </blockquote>]]></html></oembed>