"A new group financed by a Texas billionaire and organized by some of the same political operatives and donors behind the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth [3] campaign against Sen. John F. Kerry [4] in 2004 plans to begin running television ads attacking Barack Obama [5]," report Matthew Mosk and Chris Cillizza. The American Issues Project [6], funded by Dallas businessman Harold Simmons [7], has amassed a multimillion-dollar fund to run the ads. Republican activists Chris LaCivita [8] and Tony Feather [9] are also involved in organizing the group. "The resurgence on the right appears as though it will not go unanswered," add Mosk and Cillizza. "The Service Employees International Union [10] is set to unveil a multimillion-dollar television campaign on Monday, and other liberal and Democratic-aligned groups are rushing to establish financing for efforts over the final weeks of the campaign."