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ELECTION 2010

 Reid to 'Vaporize' 
 GOP Challengers: Aide 

Senate majority leader studying Corzine for cues to effective negative campaign

Oct 20, 09 1:25 PM CDT
(Newser) - Harry Reid, his re-election campaign wilting in the polls, is getting ready to rumble: The Senate majority leader is promising an intensely negative campaign against the 2010 GOP challenger for his Senate seat. With his $8.7 million war chest—the largest ever for a Nevada statewide race—Reid will... More »

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Congress • Jon Corzine • Senate • Harry Reid • Nevada • negative campaigning • attack ad • Election 2010 • midterm elections • Christopher Christie • Sue Lowden • Danny Tarkanian • Election 09 • election day November 2009

Progressives Call Out Harry Reid in New Ad 

Ask if he's 'strong enough' to pass
public option

Oct 19, 09 7:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - A progressive group is taking off the gloves with a new ad titled, straightforwardly, “Is Harry Reid Strong Enough?” The ad, which begins airing in Nevada on Wednesday, features a self-proclaimed “typical swing-voter” with health problems vowing ominously to vote for Reid in 2010 based exclusively on whether... More »

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Harry Reid • Nevada • health care reform • political advertising • attack ad • public option • progressives

WATCH IT

Cheney Group Raises Cash
to Save US From Obama

Liz project, Keep America Safe, will target 'radical' foreign policy

Oct 13, 09 9:27 AM CDT
(Newser) - Liz Cheney’s new nonprofit launched its first online video today, kicking off fundraising for its anti-Obama campaign. Keep America Safe is dedicated to opposing what Cheney describes as Obama’s “radical” foreign policy. “Whether you’re a Republican or a Democrat, you want the nation to be... More »

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national security • Barack Obama • nonprofit • foreign policy • attack ad • Liz Cheney

 NJ Gov's Ads Target 
 Opponent's Waistline 

Corzine spot says Christie 'threw his weight around'

Oct 8, 09 6:53 AM CDT
(Newser) - Jon Corzine, the New Jersey governor locked in an ugly race for reelection, is calling his opponent a big fat liar—with the emphasis on "fat." A new attack ad shows hefty Republican challenger Chris Christie in super-slow motion, his flesh jiggling in multiple directions, while an announcer... More »

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obesity • Jon Corzine • New Jersey • fat • overweight • governor • attack ad • gubernatorial races • Christopher Christie • Election 09 • election day November 2009

OPINION

 Attacking 
 Nominees 
 Demeans Court 


May 27, 09 3:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - The political attack ads popular in general elections have a profoundly negative effect on the public’s view of the Supreme Court when used during the nomination process, James L. Gibson writes fror Miller-McCune.com. “Politicized confirmation processes can indeed damage the institution of the US Supreme Court itself,... More »

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Samuel Alito • confirmation hearings • US Supreme Court • attack ad • judicial nominations • presidential appointment • Sonia Sotomayor

Unaired McCain Spot Blasts
Rev. Wright

Attack ad surfaces,
but GOP candidate
refused to run it

Dec 9, 08 5:58 AM CST
(Newser) - John McCain's campaign created a commercial slamming Barack Obama for his relationship with inflammatory pastor Jeremiah Wright. The 30-second spot, obtained by ABC News, contrasts McCain's years in a Vietnam POW camp with footage of Wright shouting "God damn America." The commercial was ready for release and... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • attack ad • Jeremiah Wright • campaign advertising • Election 2008 • Steve Schmidt

Dole's Foe Set
to Sue Over
'No God' Ad

Democrat Hagan, critics blast NC senator for attack on faith

Oct 31, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Kay Hagan, the North Carolina Democrat challenging Elizabeth Dole for her US Senate seat, has launched a defamation suit, and counter-ad, against the incumbent after a Dole spot questioned Hagan’s belief in God, the Charlotte Observer reports. The ad showed Hagan, a Sunday-school teacher, while another woman’s voice... More »

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Senate • North Carolina • lawsuit • defamation • Elizabeth Dole • political advertising • attack ad • Election 2008 • Kay Hagan

 GOP Email 
 Compares 
 Obama 
 to Nazis 


Message to 75,000 Jews unauthorized, Pa. party says

Oct 28, 08 2:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - The Pennsylvania GOP has disavowed an email that went out last week to 75,000 Jewish voters comparing a vote for Barack Obama to support for the Third Reich. The message, sent out by a consultant charged with securing the Jewish vote, warns that "Jewish Americans cannot afford to... More »

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Holocaust • GOP • Pennsylvania • Republican Party • Obama 2008 • attack ad • the Jewish vote • Election 2008

ANALYSIS

Obama Welcomes Mac Attacks as Signs of 'Flailing'

Drawing negative attention is gamble, but team thinks it can paint broader picture

Oct 22, 08 3:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - You wouldn’t expect a political campaign to circulate its opponent’s attack on its candidate—yet that’s exactly what Barack Obama’s media-relations team is doing, observes Andrew Romano for Newsweek. An email linking to stories on John McCain’s latest jabs is part of the “rapid... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Republican candidate • attack ad • Election 2008 • Democratic candidates • political strategy




 Obama Set to Smash 
 Spending Records 

Unprecedented Democratic ad blitz to break Bush record within days

Oct 18, 08 7:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama is outspending John McCain 4-to-1 on advertising nationwide and is on course to break George Bush's 2004 spending record within days, reports the New York Times. Obama has stepped up his spending since the start of October and is blitzing network TV, cable TV, and even video games... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • political advertising • attack ad • campaign advertising • Election 2008

Analysis

 In Crisis, 
 Ads Are 
 Just Noise 

McCain attacks, Obama saturates, and no one cares

Oct 14, 08 2:01 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the election weeks away, the airwaves are thick with campaign ads. McCain has gone almost completely negative, while Obama has used his huge war chest to unleash an unprecedented barrage of messages—and none of it matters, strategists tell the Washington Post. “Most people are looking... More »

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political advertising • negative campaigning • attack ad • Election 2008 • financial crisis

OPINION

Hey, GOP:
Let's Emulate Obama's Cool

Attack ads worked in 2004. That's not where we're at: Frum

Oct 9, 08 7:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Frum plans to vote for John McCain, but with the economy in ruin, anyone who thinks the GOP can win “by banging on about William Ayers and Jeremiah Wright is...to put it mildly...severely under-estimating the electoral importance of pocketbook issues.” These desperate attacks “are... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • negative campaigning • attack ad • Jeremiah Wright • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • economy • Bill Ayers

 McCain to Redouble Attacks

New ad campaign, to debut after debate, will attempt to shift focus from the economy

Oct 4, 08 11:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain’s struggling campaign, hobbled by the economic crisis, will go back on the attack, the Washington Post reports. Insiders said targets would include Obama’s association with convicted developer Tony Rezko. Ads criticizing the Democratic candidate’s record on taxes have already run. More »

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television • Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential debate • political advertising • attack ad • Election 2008 • vice presidential debate

Negative Ads Spread to Drive-Thru, Food Aisle

Tough economy forces brands to take pot shots at competitors

Oct 2, 08 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Perhaps inspired by politicians, marketers are stepping up the attacks in campaigns for consumers’ food dollars, the Wall Street Journal reports; complaints of misleading comparison ads are up 50% since last year. Hard times means marketers have to try harder to give consumers “a reason to buy you,”... More »

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advertising • marketing • Domino's Pizza • Subway • Campbell's Soup • attack ad • Progresso

McCain Running 'Dishonorable' Campaign: Ad

In face of rising GOP tide, Obama camp sharpening attacks

Sep 16, 08 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has launched a new ad accusing John McCain of running a “disgraceful, dishonorable campaign,” part of a wider pushback against Republican attacks, the Washington Post reports. With McCain pulling even in the polls, the campaign held a series of internal strategy meetings, including a rare Sunday... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Joe Biden • Obama 2008 • negative campaigning • attack ad • Election 2008

OPINION

 McCain Doesn't 
 Send Email: 
 So What? 

Obama's attacks on Mac ignore injuries that keep him from typing

Sep 13, 08 4:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama's attempt to slam John McCain for his lack of email and computer knowledge is ridiculous, Jonah Goldberg writes in the National Review. Not only is McCain unable to type because of war injuries, but his exaggerated ignorance of the Internet pales in comparison to Obama’s inexperience... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • email • political advertising • attack ad • Election 2008 • Jonah Goldberg

Obama Blasts Mac's 'Phony Outrage' in Lipstick Flap

GOP distracting from issues with 'Swift Boat politics,' Dem charges

Sep 10, 08 3:08 PM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama fired back today at a McCain campaign ad claiming he smeared Sarah Palin, calling the tactic "phony outrage and Swift Boat politics," the Washington Post reports. Obama used the phrase "lipstick on a pig" to describe John McCain's policies during a campaign stop yesterday, which... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • presidential campaign • smear campaign • lipstick • attack ad • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin

ANALYSIS

McCain to Air Rebuttal Ad, Could Leak VP Choice Tonight

GOP goal is to distract from Obama speech

Aug 28, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has a top-secret ad scheduled to run during or just after Barack Obama’s acceptance speech in battleground states—and the campaign could leak news of the Republican’s running mate even earlier, Mike Allen writes on Politico. Little is known about the ad, save that McCain will... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Drudge Report • Matt Drudge • Democratic National Convention • political advertising • attack ad • McCain 2008 • vice presidential sweepstakes

McCain Borrows Clinton's
'3am' Attack

'Hillary's Right,' new ad proclaims

Aug 26, 08 12:54 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain has resurrected Hillary Clinton’s “3am” attack ad, and will be running a modified version in several battleground states, USA Today reports. The Republican's ad reruns a portion of Clinton’s, along with clips of Clinton attacking Obama’s experience, and ends with the tag, “Hillary’... More »

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Hillary Clinton • John McCain • negative campaigning • attack ad • McCain 2008

 Limbaugh: 
 Obama is 'Little 
 Black Man-Child' 

Conservative talk-show host says Dems, media afraid to pick on 'victim' candidate

Aug 21, 08 3:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Rush Limbaugh struck out yesterday at the national media, for pitying “little black man-child” Barack Obama beset by attack ads he termed “benign,” Media Matters reports. “Even the Britney Spears/Paris Hilton ad was funny,” said the conservative radio host, who’d previously excoriated “girl”... More »

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Barack Obama • Rush Limbaugh • personality • attack ad • campaign advertising • Election 2008

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