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Negative Attacks

Warning: Faking It May Cause Embarrassing Personal Leakage

Lisa Earle McLeod | Posted 09.20.2008 | Living

Read More: Lisa Earle McLeod, Forget Perfect, Business, Finding Grace, Personality, Relationships, Negative Attacks, Living News
Lisa Earle McLeod

Don't you just hate it when the real you leaks out? Like that time when, after one too many sloe gin fizzes, you finally told your sister-in-law wh...

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Tim Kaine: The Veep Hopeful Who Would Raise Energy Costs

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 09.17.2008 | Home

Read More: Vice President, John McCain, Barack Obama, Tim Kaine, Mountaintop-Removal Mining, Climate Change, Negative Attacks, Environment, Climate Crisis, Coal, Global Warming, Home News
Glenn Hurowitz

Tim Kaine did his best to look vice-presidential this weekend in Manassas, but while Kathleen Sebelius, for example, is taking on Big Coal, Kaine proposes to take the country into a coal-fired future.

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The B-Team Is Alive and Well In McCainland

Mark Nickolas | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Montana, North Dakota, John McCain, Minnesota, Indiana, George W. Bush, West Virginia, Georgia, Rudy Giuliani Presidential Campaign, Barack Obama, Ground Campaign, Rudy Giuliani, New Mexico, Steve Hildebrand, Negative Attacks, Rudy Giuliani 2008, Washington, Michael DuHaime, Alaska, Attack Ads, Oregon, Politics News
Mark Nickolas

Considering that McCain continues to trail significantly, it's hard to see his path to victory when he's so out-gunned on the ground and running such a nonsensical strategy of which states to target or defend.

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This Was Never Going to Be Easy

Lincoln Mitchell | Posted 09.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Racial Politics, John McCain, Negative Attacks, Racism, 2008 Presidential Campaign, Campaign Strategy, Race, Barack Obama Race, Barack Obama, Race Card, Politics News
Lincoln Mitchell

Obama's discipline and control on the campaign, while always impressive, are now growing tedious for some voters and losing their impact for others, but he cannot afford to abandon this discipline.

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Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Political Rhetoric, John McCain, Negative Attacks, Barack Obama, Obama Rhetoric, George Lakoff, Obama Ads, Politics News
Joseph Romm

You can't debunk a myth by verbally repeating it. This is actually very basic stuff, so it is surprising that neither Obama nor his team understand it.

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Seth Colter Walls

Conservatives Wonder If Negative Ads Could Reduce McCain's Stature

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Celeb, John McCain, Barack Obama, Negative Attacks, Celebrities, Politics News

Over at the Atlantic, Marc Ambinder has an interesting reaction from former McCain strategist John Weaver to the Arizona Republican's new ad attackin...

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From One Military Father to Another: Shame On McCain For Abusing Our Wounded Soldiers

Frank Schaeffer | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Wounded Veterans, Mccain Troops, Obama Negative Attacks, Negative Attacks, McCain Obama, Mccain Obama Troop Ad, Wounded Troops, Wounded Us Soldiers, Obama Iraq, Politics News
Frank Schaeffer

Obama has visited our wounded service members -- without media fanfare and with dignity. He cares enough about our troops to not misuse them as a chip in his election bid, unlike McCain.

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Pick a Meme, Any Meme

Steve Benen | Posted 07.05.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Negative Attacks, Obama Memes, Memes, Attack Ads, Negative Attacks, Defining Obama, Politics News
Steve Benen

The GOP keeps experimenting with new memes to define Obama, but not only are they not sticking, some even contradict each other.

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John McCain Should Probably Stop Calling Barack Obama "Dr. No"

Chris Kelly | Posted 07.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: John McCain, Dr. No, Barack Obama, McCain Obama, 1958, 2008 Election, Negative Attacks, Politics News
Chris Kelly

Saying "Dr. No" over and over and over and over is either a brilliant subliminal appeal to racists who enjoy mid-century genre fiction or it's a really, really tone deaf thing to call a man with a mixed-race background.

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Republicans' Bizarre Rediscovery of Osama bin Laden

Steve Benen | Posted 06.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama Negative Attacks, Republicans Osama, Negative Attacks, Obama National Security, Osama Bin Laden, Republicans, Politics News
Steve Benen

Now that it's time for the general election, and the right is desperate to smear Barack Obama, the GOP has rediscovered OBL.

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The Big Bang of Attack Ads

Steve Cone | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

Read More: Negative Ad, Television, Lbj, Negative Attacks, Political Ads, Lyndon Johnson, Daisy, Barry Goldwater, Politics News
Steve Cone

In memory of its creator, I think it is high time we understand that the 1964 Daisy ad was not about being negative but rather truthful.

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Jason Linkins

Dick Durbin: People Sliming Michelle Obama Deserve The "Hottest Ring In Hell"

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Michelle Obama, Video, Negative Attacks, Dick Durbin, Norah O'Donnell, Attack Ads, Michelle Obama Comments, Barack Obama, Politics News

Following hard on the heels of this morning's L.A. Times article, warning of further forthcoming attacks on Michelle Obama, and Maureen Dowd's NYT col...

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The New York Times' Political Suicide Pact

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 05.01.2008 | Politics

Read More: Advertising, Negative Attacks, The New York Times, Negative Campaigning, James Carville, Election 2008, Paul Begala, Hillary Clinton Negative Campaigning, Barack Obama, Politics News
Glenn Hurowitz

The Times editorial board's attitude ignores the evidence that negative, fear-inducing advertising actually has far better civic effects than positive, enthusiastic ads.

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Obama Accuses Hillary Of Deception

Washington Post | Perry Bacon Jr. | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama 2008, Hillary Clinton 2008, Clinton, Negative Attacks, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Politics News

Eager to shift the narrative after a difficult week, Sen. Barack Obama's campaign sharply criticized the tactics of his rival, Sen. Hillary Rodham Cli...

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Pelosi Tells Obama, Clinton: Quit Yer Bickering

San Francisco Chronicle | Zachary Coile | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi urged both leading Democratic presidential candidates to cease their bickering, warning that the escalating rhetoric could ...

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McCain Attacked In Third-Party Ads

Election Central | Greg Sargent | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Third Party, John McCain, John McCain 2008, Third Party Ads, Negative Attacks, Campaign to Defend America, Negative Ads, McCain Ads, Politics News

Election Central has obtained a copy of a new anti-McCain ad sponsored by the group Campaign To Defend America: The Campaign to Defend America -- whi...

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Obama Skin Tone Darker In Clinton Ad?

America Blog | John Ararvosis | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Clinton Attack Ads, Hillary Clinton Race, Negative Attacks, Campaign Ads, Political Ads, Obama Race, Clinton Race, Barack Obama Race, Politics News

Via America Blog: I went and got the original footage from the Clinton ad, and then compared it to 3 different video clips of the same debate from 3 ...

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Creator Of Mystery Site HillaryIs44 Revealed

Politico | Ben Smith | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: hillaryis44, Democratic Primary, Hillary Clinton, Negative Attacks, Hillary Clinton Website, Politics News

I wrote in December about a mysterious pro-Clinton, anti-Obama website called HillaryIs44, a site that floated sharply negative information about Obam...

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Clinton Camp: When Obama Attacks, Media Applaud

The Page | Mark Halperin | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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Obviously angry communications director on conference call with reporters says: "I think it is true that every time the Obama campaign in this campai...

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Clinton's Support Slips In Latest New York Poll

SurveyUSA | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton, Senator Clinton, 2008 Election, Clinton New York Approval, Hillary Clinton New York, Negative Attacks, Politics News

SurveyUSA has tracked the job approval rating of Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton 35 times between May 2005 and February 2008. At no time had the percen...

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Clinton Aides Split On Whether To Attack Obama

NY Times | Adam Nagourney | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Negative Ad, Hillary Clinton, Clinton Negative Attacks Obama, Mark Penn, Negative Attacks, Politics News

When Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton meets Senator Barack Obama at a one-on-one debate in Austin on Thursday night, one of her final opportunities to c...

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Clinton: Obama "Right Of" Bush On Housing Crisis

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Obama Housing Crisis, Clinton Housing Crisis, Clinton Negative Attacks, Hillary Clinton, Clinton, Negative Attacks, Clinton Obama, Politics News

Hillary Clinton's camp has released this statement, after Obama opened his trip to Texas with a critique of Hillary's housing crisis solution: "When ...

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Kennedy "Shocked" At "Distortion" In Clinton Health Care Ad

Political Radar | Sunlen Miller | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hillary Clinton Health Reform 2008, Obama Healthcare, Clinton Mailer, Clinton Health Care Plan, Negative Attacks, Barack Obama Health Care, Ted Kennedy Obama, Universal Mandates, Obama Health Care, Ted Kennedy, Politics News

The presidential campaign of Sen. Barack Obama put out big gun backer Sen. Ted Kennedy and the Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle to respond to the negative Cli...

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Clinton, Obama Negative Attacks On Display As March 4 Approaches

Huffington Post | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

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As the calendar approaches March 4th, the race for the Democratic candidate is taking an increasingly negative turn. This week Hillary launched the f...

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Clinton Camp Says Obama Is Now "The Black Candidate"

Associated Press | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama 2008, The Black Candidate, 2008 Race and Polls, Obama Bill Clinton, Democrat Delegate Count, Hillary Clinton 2008, Negative Attacks, Obama Clinton, Hillary Clinton, Jesse Jackson, Barack Obama Race, Bill Clinton Jesse Jackson, 2008 Election, Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson and Barack Obama, Bill Clinton and Jesse Jackson, Obama the Black Candidate, Clintons Obama the Black Candidate, Bill Clinton Obama Is Like Jesse Jackson, Politics News

Following Barack Obama's primary win in South Carolina Saturday, members of the Clinton campaign continued to inject issues of race in the contest. F...

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