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New American Future Fund ad pressures Peterson over health care

By Paul Schmelzer | 09.10.09 | 12:39 pm

Picture 9The Iowa-based American Future Fund –  a conservative, free market group that ran ads here last year on behalf of Norm Coleman’s senate candidacy and against that of eventual winner Al Franken — is again…

Secrets of the American Future Fund

By admin | 08.20.08 | 1:08 pm

Iowa-based conservative advocacy group includes masterminds of Swift Boat and Willie Horton ads

By Jason Hancock, Iowa Independent

A network of Iowa Republicans is playing a leading role in a secretive group advocating nationally on behalf of “conservative and free market ideals” in congressional races around the country. Among the group’s leaders are two media consultants who played key roles in the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth ads in 2004 and the Willie Horton ad in 1988, both of which helped defeat Democratic presidential candidates.