Politico reported today that questions are being raised over whether Google has given President Barack Obama’s re-election campaign  a special advertising deal using a new online advertising program scheduled to debut this fall.

The National Republican Senatorial Committee said it contacted Google when it saw an Obama ad and inquired about creating their own ad with the company. They claim a Google representative told them the Obama campaign received a “special deal” and that they would have to wait for the beta version to participate. Google denies the ad in question was using their new advertising system and said the Obama campaign received no such special deal.

Here is the Politico article: “Google denies special deal for Barack Obama” by Byron Tau and Ben Smith.