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Obama Calls on Both
Camps to Simmer Down

Final debate before March 4 vote is tonight

Feb 26, 08 5:15 PM CST
(Newser) - Barack Obama said today that both Democratic campaigns should chill out. “It is important for me as well as Sen. Clinton to communicate to our staffs as well that we’re both trying out for quarterback, but we’re on the same team,” said Obama. He noted that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • debate • Chris Dodd • negative campaigning • Texas primary • Ohio primary

McCain Repudiates
Backer's Anti-Obama Rant

Radio host attempts to smear likely opponent; candidate quickly disassociates himself

Feb 26, 08 3:20 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain is distancing himself from a conservative commentator who introduced him at a rally today and launched into a tirade against Barack Obama, CNN reports. Talk-radio host Bill Cunningham called Obama a “hack” and used his middle name, Hussein, three times. McCain called the speech “disparaging” and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • negative campaigning • Bill Cunningham

OPINION

Clinton Aides Melt Down in Front of Press

Ex-frontrunner's staff scrambles to spin as strategies fall flat

Feb 26, 08 2:11 PM CST
(Newser) - With many top Washington reporters in attendance, two senior Hillary Clinton advisors tried to make their candidate’s case yesterday—and instead “severed all ties with reality” in a “flailing, a lashing-out,” Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank writes. The session, he says, "explained everything about the... More »

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Hillary Clinton • negative campaigning • Harold Ickes • Phil Singer

Clinton: 'Shame on You, Barack'

Hillary slams Obama over health care claim

Feb 23, 08 4:54 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton blasted Barack Obama today over a campaign mailer that she called “right out of Karl Rove’s play book.” “Shame on you, Barack Obama,” she said, brandishing a flier—which she says falsely accuses her of wanting to force people to buy health insurance.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • universal health care • Clinton 2008 • Obama 2008 • negative campaigning • attack ad • Hillary Care

OPINION

Clinton Fails
to Turn Tide
in Debate

She needed a big
night, but it's mostly business as usual

Feb 22, 08 8:00 AM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton had to tread a difficult line in last night's debate—make a dent in Obama's credibility and momentum without sounding too negative—and she seemed to fall short of making any real headway, writes Wayne Slater of the Dallas Morning News. Clinton tried repeatedly to make the case... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • presidential debate • Democratic nomination • negative campaigning • Texas primary • presidential election

Surrogate Ups the Ante on Obama Attacks

Clinton warm-up speaker sets a new standard for nasty

Feb 20, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Political surrogates often get stuck with the dirty work, but one Clinton-backing union leader came “close to redefining the genre” last night, the New York Times’ John M. Broder reports: R. Thomas Buffenbarger called Barack Obama a “silver-tongued warrior with a microphone…dancing to the tune of billionaires.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • negative campaigning • surrogates • machinists union • R. Thomas Buffenbarger

OPINION

Clinton Camp: How Low
Can She Go?

Some want victory
at all costs; others
look to legacy, 2012

Feb 20, 08 12:43 PM CST
(Newser) - With Hillary Clinton’s campaign down to its last moves, her advisers are duking it out over how negative the candidate should go, MSNBC reports. Pollster Mark Penn wants to go ahead full throttle, while communications director Howard Wolfson and ad guru Mandy Grunwald are concerned that Hillary might damage... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Wisconsin • Democratic nomination • negative campaigning • Mark Penn • Howard Wolfson • Mandy Grunwald

McCain Adviser Will Quit
If Obama Is Nominee

McKinnon says he respects Dem too much to attack him

Feb 14, 08 6:30 PM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's chief media adviser will leave the campaign if Barack Obama becomes the Democratic nominee—because he has too much respect for the Illinois senator to go negative against him. “I will be supporting from the sidelines,” Mark McKinnon said when asked yesterday if he’d follow... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • negative campaigning • Mark McKinnon

OPINION

Clinton-Obama Iciness Has
a Little History

Hillary's been
snubbing Barack for a while now, Dowd writes

Jan 30, 08 3:58 PM CST
(Newser) - Contrary to his claims, Barack Obama did indeed snub his presidential rival Monday, writes the New York Times' Maureen Dowd—who’s not surprised, given the long, untold tale of Clinton coldness to the Illinois senator. It began when friendly Obama, fresh from revealing he might run, was “brushed... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • negative campaigning • snub

Romney Lets Guard Down, Boosts Appeal

Geeky CEO shines through matinee idol package on Fla. trail

Jan 29, 08 5:02 PM CST
(Newser) - Mitt Romney's inner nerd is showing, and allowing voters to see it may make him seem likable enough to get elected, Time reports. The candidate's conservative attack dog persona flooded airwaves for months but didn't play well outside of Michigan; now, the tired candidate is letting his dweeby, number-crunching, spreadsheet-loving... More »

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Mitt Romney • recession • Republican presidential primaries • negative campaigning • nerdiness • Election 2008

Romney, McCain, Get Nasty in Sunshine State

Epithets of flip-flopper, liberal fly in last day of campaign

Jan 29, 08 7:25 AM CST
(Newser) - In the GOP campaign's most acrimonious day, John McCain and Mitt Romney spent yesterday going for each others’ throats, trying to swing today’s critical Florida primary, which still looks like a dead heat in the polls, the Miami Herald reports. Romney accused McCain of championing a “liberal... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • negative campaigning • Florida primary • McCain 2008

Hillary to Sideline Attack Dog Bill

Ex-prez may have done irreparable harm

Jan 28, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - As Hillary Clinton reels from her blowout defeat in South Carolina, Democrats worry that her husband's attacks on Barack Obama may have done irreparable harm to her candidacy—and her aides are preparing to push Bill toward the wings. Step 1 will be returning Bill Clinton to the sunnier presence... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Charles Rangel • female voters • negative campaigning • co presidency

Hill's Attack Mode Gets Backlash

Many rank-and-filers are rethinking the Clintons

Jan 24, 08 1:31 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary and Bill Clinton are facing backlash for their aggressive tone toward Barack Obama, as the former First Couple stands accused of conduct unbecoming of party leaders. As the Clinton campaign harps on discredited charges, the Washington Post writes, many neutral Democrats worry the harshness might hurt in the general... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • Ted Kennedy • Patrick Leahy • negative campaigning • attack ad

Hillary Keeps Jabbing as Obama Parries

Edwards plays 'grown up'; Obama gets key
SC endorsement

Jan 22, 08 5:53 PM CST
(Newser) - Hillary Clinton kept the verbal battle alive today by reiterating that Barack Obama a "frustrated" former "slumlord" who “clearly came last night looking for a fight,” the Chicago Tribune reports. Obama retaliated from the high road, vowing a "different kind of politics" and saying that... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John Edwards • negative campaigning • Tony Rezko

Who's the Iron Fist, Who's the Velvet Glove?

On campaign trail, one Clinton takes the high road and the other ... doesn't

Jan 18, 08 6:39 PM CST
(Newser) - As the former First Couple endeavors to become the future First Couple, they’re splitting up on the campaign trail so Hillary can stay positive while Bill plays the attack dog, CNN reports. Compare their responses to the Nevada caucuses lawsuit: Bill jumped down a reporter’s throat with scorn... More »

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Hillary Clinton • Bill Clinton • negative campaigning

Bill Loses It, Calls Barack Story 'Fairytale'

'Give me a break,' Clinton sneers at 'charismatic figure'

Jan 8, 08 4:51 PM CST
(Newser) - While his wife was nearly in tears yesterday, Bill Clinton was losing his cool, angrily telling a crowd that the press has given Barack Obama a free ride and that his seductive political narrative is “the biggest fairy tale I’ve ever seen.” The ex-prez said Obama had... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • cocaine • Bill Clinton • negative campaigning

Iowa Ads Got Unlikely Results

Caucusgoers may have known too much about 'establishment' candidates

Jan 7, 08 10:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Iowa caucus results shook up more than just political campaigns, reports Advertising Age, as age-old advertising truisms also flew out the window. Mitt Romney’s $7.9 million on broadcast ads should have sealed the deal against Mike Huckabee, who spent just $1.7 million. Like Barack Obama... More »

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Mitt Romney • Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Mike Huckabee • political advertising • Iowa caucus • negative campaigning • caucusgoers • Election 2008

Axed Huck Ad Highlights Rollins Role

Will minister Mike be tarnished by his new attack-dog adviser?

Jan 2, 08 11:04 AM CST
(Newser) - One's a former minister who's taken the high ground in countering attacks from a better-financed rival; the other's a veteran political brawler who never saw a negative ad he didn't like. The Washington Post looks at the unlikely alliance of Mike Huckabee and Ed Rollins that resulted in the candidate's... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mike Huckabee • negative campaigning • Ed Rollins • attack ad

Huckabee
Goes Negative ... Sort Of

Candidate ditches anti-Romney spot after screening for the media

Jan 1, 08 12:38 PM CST
(Newser) - Negative campaigning has finally gone meta. Mike Huckabee held a press conference yesterday to announce that he wouldn't air his latest campaign ad—a 30-second attack on his closest rival, Mitt Romney—then aired it in full for the press corps, the Washington Post reports. Huckabee says he pulled the... More »

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Mitt Romney • Mike Huckabee • Iowa caucus • negative campaigning • Election 2008

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