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Progressives can't match all the money going into the system right now." so how do you possibly compete and win against all that dark money piled up against you? let's ask somebody who knows. joining us now is iowa congressman, targeted by those ground zero mosque attack ads, bruce braley. congressman braley, thanks for joining us. >> welcome home, rachel. great to have you back in washington, d.c.. >> did i get the facts right about what that race was like in 2010? >> you nailed it. it was one of the most unexpected outcomes of any political race. nobody was tracking me as a vulnerable candid...

Groups with tv ads. progressives can't match all the money going into the system right now." so how do you possibly compete and win against all that dark money piled up against you? let's ask somebody who knows. joining us now is iowa congressman, targeted by those ground zero mosque attack ads, bruce braley. congressman braley, thanks for joining us. >> welcome home, rachel. great to have you back in washington, d.c.. >> did i get the facts right about what that race was like in 2010? >> you nailed it. it was one of the most unexpected outcomes of any political race. nobody was tracking me as...

Congressman braley campaigning for re-election all the way out in iowa was being bombarded with tv ads like that on that entirely made-up issue, as if it was a real issue and as if he had anything to do with it, which he did not. it is the kind of thing a candidate might want to fight back against if he had any idea who it was who was fighting him that way. as you can see at the bottom of the screen there, the ads were being paid for by something called the american future fund. and this group, the american future fund, didn't just run the ground zero mosque ad against bruce braley, they ran a...

Tv ads like that on that entirely made-up issue, as if it was a real issue and as if he had anything to do with it, which he did not. it is the kind of thing a candidate might want to fight back against if he had any idea who it was who was fighting him that way. as you can see at the bottom of the screen there, the ads were being paid for by something called the american future fund. and this group, the american future fund, didn't just run the ground zero mosque ad against bruce braley, they ran all sorts of ads against him. tv ads, radio ads, robo calls, good old-fashioned mailers, everythi...

The same year, i lost two twitter followers. rough year. >> you guys have a new year's resolution for 2012 or things you're looking forward to? particularly because it has been a rough year. things you're looking forward to in 2012? >> on a serious note, one thing is this whole controversy with tlc's all-american muslim and lowe's pulling their ads. the back lash being, over 32 congressmen wrote a letter saying, don't pull your ads. christians and jewish stood with the muslim saying, it's -- >> when you consider this was also the year of so-called ground zero mosque hysteria when -- >> what is...