Soros must have something to do with this, the stench of sulfur is overpowering.

(The Hill) — Former White House officials launched a new group on Friday intended to fend off conservative attacks on President Obama’s reelection with unlimited campaign cash.

Former Obama deputy press secretary Bill Burton announced the long-expected formation of Priorities USA and Priorities USA Action, twin groups that will take advantage of campaign finance loopholes President Obama had previously decried.

The groups opened up shop on Friday with a website and video attacking the “extreme right,” showcasing examples of some Republican presidential candidates’ harsh rhetoric toward Obama, as well as the deep-pocketed conservatives who support them.

The groups in many ways mirror their counterparts on the right, American Crossroads and Crossroads GPS, the two GOP-boosting groups founded by Bush political guru Karl Rove and another senior Bush aide and longtime Republican figure, Ed Gillespie.

Crossroads GPS took advantage of elements of the tax code to collect unlimited donations from individuals and corporations to spend tens of millions of dollars against Democratic candidates in the 2010 election.

Priorities USA Action will take advantage of the same part of election law, opened by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United decision, to raise and spend millions in similar unlimited donations, to defend Obama and go on the attack against the GOP.

The group’s opening salvo, posted to YouTube, takes on a number of Republican presidential candidates; it features clips of former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin (implying she’s “ill-informed”), former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (Ga.), Rep. Michele Bachmann (Minn.) and Donald Trump.