For weeks, the only ads on Florida radio and TV were from Mitt Romney or the super PAC supporting him. But now that the primary has officially moved to the Sunshine State, the ad wars are heating up. Now, new ads are being released in a constant stream with fresh money buying up air time. What Floridians are seeing and hearing today is only round one.The ads airing in Florida are a good window into what the candidates see as their winning arguments in the state. Newt Gingrich realized he had a winner on his hands with a spot he ran in South Carolina called “The Moment.” Now, it’s the first TV ad his campaign is putting on the air in Florida. The ad replays the moment from last Monday’s Fox News debate in which Gingrich stood by his claim that Obama is a ‘food stamp president,’ bringing the audience to its feet.
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