Negative Campaigning

John McCain: Cartoon Villain, Oscar Saboteur

David Quigg | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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David Quigg

Senator McCain has suspended his presidential campaign. Perhaps for good. Instead of campaigning, he seems now to be traveling the country trying to m...

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A Noble Loser vs. A Dirty Winner

Deepak Chopra | Posted 10.10.2008 | Politics

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Deepak Chopra

Going dirty without the underlying basis to win means going down in history as a dirty loser.

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Winning (or Losing) Ugly

James Love | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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James Love

McCain has a running mate that does not seem to know boundaries. She will go where others won't. Who needs a swiftboating 527 with this VP?

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New Obama Keating Five movie

Alison Teal | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Alison Teal

Voters in swing states -- and this, Colorado, appears to be the mother of all swing states -- are treated to a nearly endless barrage of political advertising and discussion.

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McCain Campaign Going Double Negative

Steve Young | Posted 10.07.2008 | Media

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Steve Young

McCain spokesman, Tucker Bounds defended that their double negative campaign sets new lows in political and/or/without grammatical attacks.

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McCain's Offensive

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Robert Schlesinger

John McCain may, as he often claims, know how to win a war, but he doesn't seem to understand how to win an election.

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The Case for Not Going Negative

Lionel Beehner | Posted 10.07.2008 | Politics

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Lionel Beehner

Obama has learned all the wrong lessons from the swift boat debacle. Kerry got spanked in 2004 because he has the personality of the thimble.

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Question for Gov. Palin: Who Would Jesus Smear?

David Quigg | Posted 10.06.2008 | Politics

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David Quigg

If Palin won't repent for us and won't repent for America, I hope she'll at least remember Lee Atwater's dying remorse and restrain herself for her own sake.

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The McCain Campaign: "Turning a Page"

Harold Pollack | Posted 10.04.2008 | Politics

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Harold Pollack

We're in for a barrage of depressing negative campaigning from a Republican machine that has run out of much else to say or do.

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Obama Has to Attack John McCain Personally

Cenk Uygur | Posted 09.12.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Obama and Biden keep telling you how much they like McCain, how honorable he is and how they never question his patriotism. Meanwhile, McCain is running ads saying Obama wants to sex up your kids.

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Too Much Spin

Janet Ritz | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

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Janet Ritz

I was in a doctor's waiting room recently, listening to pundits on a big-screen TV, when a middle-aged man turned to me and stated: "Too much spin." ...

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Virginia Masses Turn Out For Obama; Concerned With Campaign Strategy

Emily Pease | Posted 08.25.2008 | Home

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Emily Pease

It doesn't bother her that the campaign might turn ugly. "This is the Armageddon of politics," she said. "It's going to be war. I want to tell Barack, 'Don't fear it, accept it.'"

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Black Magic

Nicholas Stephanopoulos | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Nicholas Stephanopoulos

If the race continues to tighten, Obama may have to select between victory and honor, black magic and white. McCain has already made his choice. Obama's moment of decision is nigh.

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Why McCain Has Caught Obama and What Obama Can Do About It

Cenk Uygur | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

If Obama doesn't start attacking, he -- and the rest of us -- will be sitting around on November 5th shaking our heads wondering what the hell happened.

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Huckabee's Admonition Not to Demonize Obama Will Fall on Deaf Ears

Earl Ofari Hutchinson | Posted 06.19.2008 | Politics

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Earl Ofari Hutchinson

When things really heat up in the fall, the 527 committees will have a storehouse of privately funneled dollars to slam Obama on any and every big and petty issue they choose.

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Thomas B. Edsall

The Coming Obama-McCain Mudfight

HuffingtonPost.com | Thomas B. Edsall | Posted 06.15.2008 | Politics

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At a Friday night fundraiser, Barack Obama warned supporters that Republicans "are going to try to scare people. They're going to try to say that 'tha...

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GOP Plans Half-Million Hit On Obama, Dems

Politico | Josh Kraushaar | Posted 04.29.2008 | Politics

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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...

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Obama is Dems Only Answer

Byron Williams | Posted 04.27.2008 | Politics

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Byron Williams

Clinton staying in the race is the price that Obama must pay for his failure to officially close the deal.

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The New York Times' Political Suicide Pact

Glenn Hurowitz | Posted 04.23.2008 | Politics

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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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A Paroxysm of Voterly Rage

Jeff Dorchen | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

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Jeff Dorchen

I apologize for the following. It was written in anger brought on by listening to All Things Considered for three whole minutes, a mistake I shall no...

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Obama Expands Rapid Response Team To Battle Swift-Boating

Newsweek | Mark Hosenball and Michael Isikoff | Posted 04.20.2008 | Politics

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The Obama campaign is planning to expand its research and rapid-response team in order to repel attacks it anticipates over his ties to 1960s radical ...

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Why Hillary Clinton's Slash-and-Burn Politics May Hurt Her More Than Obama

Robert Creamer | Posted 04.15.2008 | Politics

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Robert Creamer

I've talked to a number of undecided Super Delegate Members of Congress who are furious at Hillary's willingness to attack the candidate who they consider almost certain to be the Democratic nominee.

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Mark Penn, Designated Scapegoat?

Chris Weigant | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

This is an interesting move for Clinton: it could truly be an effort to reunite the party by distancing herself from the mudslinging -- which will help the party whether she's the nominee or not.

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Barack Obama: Clinton Slayer

Will Bower | Posted 04.03.2008 | Home

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Will Bower

This was no subtle statement, but Barack Obama allowed its venomous message of generational-warfare to spread until it had built for him his now-solid base of angry, cynical, Clinton-hating support.

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Did Clinton Win Ohio on a Lie?

Paul Loeb | Posted 03.06.2008 | Politics

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Paul Loeb

The nine delegates Clinton netted from Ohio can't be changed, but the salience of of the "NAFTAgate" lie casts into doubt everything she says about the lessons of this victory.

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