Gop Attack Ads

WATCH: Double Negative Attack Ad Supports Unlikely Candidate

Posted 03.09.2012

If any contender in the GOP primary race can be said to have surged ahead of the pack during the last few months, it's the negative attack ad. Account...

I Too Had a Dream...

Norman Lear | Posted 04.12.2012

Norman Lear

I had a dream last night. Mitt Romney had won the Republican nomination and the race for the presidency was on. The super PACs on behalf of Mitt coughed up their millions for starters -- and the attack ads began everywhere.

DEBUNKED: Inside The GOP's Misleading Wind Power Attacks

TIME | Posted 05.25.2011

The National Republican Congressional Committee (NRCC) has borrowed a populist Democratic theme for its latest round of attack ads, featuring red flag...

GOP Targets Backers Of Climate Bill With Attack Ads

wsj.com | STEPHEN POWER | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON -- Freshman Rep. Tom Perriello of Virginia is a test case for whether President Barack Obama's energy agenda will help or hurt vulnerable D...

GOP Attack Ad Features Dramatized Car Wreck

Talking Points Memo | Posted 05.25.2011

Wow. You really have to see this Republican attack ad -- it's one of the strangest negative spots we've ever seen. The spot, courtesy of the NRCC, att...

McCain Attacks Obama Over Chicago Crime

Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

With Chicago's murder rate the highest it has been in five years, GOP political operatives are trying to take the wind out of presumptive Democratic P...

RNC Plans Obama Attack Ads In Four Battleground States

AP | JIM KUHNHENN | Posted 05.25.2011

WASHINGTON — An independent arm of the Republican National Committee plans to spend $3 million on an ad campaign contrasting GOP presidential ca...

GOP Plans Half-Million Hit On Obama, Dems

Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 05.25.2011

For months, GOP operatives spoke with dread of the prospects of running against Barack Obama in the fall. But after weeks of controversies over his fo...