NEW YORK: The Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN) said it created a communications “war room” to counter GOP accusations that the group seeks to register phony voters for Democratic nominee Sen. Barack Obama.

With the aid of PR consultants including The Advance Group, ACORN says it's aggressively reaching out to the media, as well as Democratic activists, to fight a viral marketing effort launched by the Republican National Committee (RNC) this week that aims to highlight Obama's ties ...