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Subscribe to RSSDan Balz: “What is most striking about the campaign at this point is not just the negativity or the sheer volume of attack ads raining down on voters in the swing states. It is the sense that all restraints are gone, the guardrails have disappeared and there is no incentive for anyone to hold back. The other guy does it, so we're going to do it too."
More: “Mock outrage has long been a part of every campaign’s toolbox, but there is a sense now that the outrage is genuine, that the disrespect that the Chicago and Boston teams feel for each other has escalated and becomes the justification for ever harsher attacks… This campaign will end in November. Then it will be either Obama’s or Romney’s responsibility to try to govern. Both sides have turned the contest into an all-or-nothing battle and hope to claim a mandate on the basis of the outcome. But it will take time and great effort for the winner to drain the poison from the system if the campaign continues on this course.”
Obama leads in Pennsylvania, 44-38%, according to a new Franklin and Marshall poll, Political Wire notes. He was up 12 in June.
There won’t be any political ads on 9/11 for the third straight year.
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GOP is desperate, they should - after causing the worse recession since the Great Depression, what's the justification of coming back in power? Thus desperation. Thus resorting to the dtiriest trick of mud-slinging and personal attacks.
Romney is running a hate filled negative campaign and accusing the President of it. It is Karl Rove's guide book to successful campaigning. They will lose on Medicare. No one wants vouchers. Not now and not later. I think Medicare should become our one payor national healthcare plan. I hope President Obama entertains that idea in his next term.
Ana--it is good to see you here! I agree--as do many in the medical profession--that we should have a one payer system. It is much more efficient and everyone gets care. It also puts the emphasis on prevention, which also decreases costs, since problems can be caught earlier. I hope people see that the voucher system will not solve any problems, but will actually make it worse. I also hope that the citizens of this country will see through the lies (how many Pinocchios and the Geppetto awards have the TPGOP candidates gotten?) of the TPGOP and vote for the 99%!
They run out of Pinocchio's and Geppetto's in April and haven't been able to make enough to keep up with Willard's lies and now they've got to make enough for Paul's lies also. They'll have to at least triple their work force just to keep up with these two. At least they can forget about the rest of the conservative republicans, their just desperate.
The gaurd rails were taken down the first day of this administration by Mitch McConnell. It is my hope that we wash the republican stain out of our flag FOREVER. They have crossed the line every day for over a decade. The costs this country has paid in blood and treasure at republicans hands in unfathomable. I've lost all respect for them. Not an honorable american bone in their collective bodies. NOT ONE! These polarized idiots have got to be dealt with and shown the truth of what this country represents because they are screwing with our freedom.
Funny, I have seen Romney accuse Obama of murdering anyone. And he's been anything but positive. You're a fool if you can't see it.
Just read on another site that rudy thinks Joe Biden is not too bright, well, isn't that something? Mr. no morals what so ever, let me live with my mistress and wife while I wear their clothes thinks someone else is not too bright! Sorry rudy, put your dress back on, we have already seen what is under your clothes, and it ain't pretty.
It's amazing someone like Rudy a burned out light bulb, calling someone a dim light bulb.
I may not be the best political strategist, but I think it would serve Obama well to have Hillary Clinton as his VP. Not only does it give him a slam-dunk with the womans vote, her foreign policy credentials outshine the Romney/Ryan ticket, she is extremely knowledgable about healthcare issues, and she won't be bullied by the likes of the GOP. Even better, the Clintons' are a two for one deal, because Bill will come along for the ride and he is still very well liked (remember the surplus?). Don't get me wrong, I like Joe Biden but I'm not sure what exactly he brings to the table here. He is useful as a front man but does anyone seriously believe he will seek the nomination in 2016? Since it is already presumed to be Hillary, why not cut the crap and get right to it. It may be in store for the convention, stay tuned...
Detroit - I like Joe Biden but it would not hurt to have he and Hillary switch places. Biden has good foreign policy experience and she would bring a lot of women to the table. That would be such a shocker for the Republican party - OMG - they'd be screaming and running in the streets! Okay, that would be fun!
Obama/Biden 2012
SeekingSanity
Detroit - I like Joe Biden but it would not hurt to have he and Hillary switch places. Biden has good foreign policy experience and she would bring a lot of women to the table. That would be such a shocker for the Republican party - OMG - they'd be screaming and running in the streets! Okay, that would be fun!
You truly are too stupid to vote. Having Biden a breath away from the presidency is stupid. So now you want the ignorant ass shooting his fat mouth off in foreign countries? Go shoot yourself. You're too stupid to live and vote.
Kenva
go somewhere else for lunch you troll, I'm not going to feed you,
Remember this?
Biden: "...And the irony is, Rudy Giuliani, probably the most under qualified person since George Bush to seek the presidency, is here - talking about any of the people here. Rudy Giuliani. I mean think about it, Rudy Giuliani, there's only three things he mentions in a sentence — a noun and a verb and 9/11 and I mean, there's nothing else. There's nothing else."
Rudy Giuliani is media made, just like Paul Ryan and Willard Mitt Romney. The only credentials they have is media generated, not real.
Detroit,
You're right. You aren't much of a political strategist. Not much at all.
Take a good look at the burned out hag called Hillary. Imagine what she will look like four years from now.
Seems to be a given that Obama is gone in January. We should be discussing Mitt's agenda for the next eight glorious years, and then Paul Ryan's agenda for the following eight years. That's sixteen years of righteous Republican rule.
Can you dig it??
Voting for people based on what they look like? You are dismissed, troll-boy. Go play hide-the-sausage with kenva.
Whats ASTOUNDING to me is how the Press will not show who is really up on the NEGATIVE ADS. The Press tries to impress upon the Public that the Obama Campaign ads are as NEGATIVE AS THE Romney Ads, which in my opinion is a BLATANT LIE. Let's leave the Super PACS out it, just the Candidates Ads.
Romney LIES DAILY in his speeches about the President being an other and his Record, and Romney is being very SECRETIVE about everything.
Is it a STUPID STATEMENT OR NOT TO SAY A SITTING PRESIDENT HATES AMERICA!
Is that a Dog Whistle for the President Hates "White America"? Sounds like it to me for his RED MEAT BIGOTED CROWD. Ryan comes out the door saying the President is trying to Divide America.
When will the Press ASK Romney about that Statement?
The President tries to clarify what Romney, now Ryan Lies are saying about him.
But somehow the President is being as Negative as Romney.
Mr. Baltz ASK your Colleagues to give the Public the Truth.
I have seen and heard Romney's completely false claims and attacks on Obama. My TV must have a selective filter built in because I have seen or heard no blatant attacks on Romney. It was the same during the primaries in 2008 and 2012, when Romney vomited lies and attacks on fellow Republican candidates.
The media are trying to prove themselves neutral by accusation, not facts. That keeps the advertisers' market open, but it is not journalism.
Sorry Charley Media, you are all "Chicken of the Press".