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 Obama Ads
 Hone Attack
 in Key States

Wave of negative ads slams McCain on
the economy

Aug 20, 08 9:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Barack Obama has launched a wave of hard-hitting ads attacking John McCain ads in key states, the New York Times reports. The ads, reflecting a new get-tough Obama, lambaste McCain for being out of touch with Americans' economic struggles. Some have criticized the ads for misleading voters, but Democratic strategists... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • negative campaigning • attack ad • campaign advertising • campaign issues

OPINION

If You're
Running on Honor, Don't
Tell Lies

GOP falsehoods lead
to 'smear gap': Alter

Aug 19, 08 5:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Never mind merely unflattering attacks; Jonathan Alter addresses the issue of outright falsehoods, as measured by an impartial fact-checking organization, in the two presidential campaigns, and finds the McCain camp has issued many more. The "smear gap"  belies John McCain's vision of himself as an honor-first kind of... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • negative campaigning • attack ad

Indicted Detroit Mayor Seen as Obama Liability

Dems mull uninviting Kilpatrick to Denver; GOP links two in ad

Aug 15, 08 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick is, like Barack Obama, a charismatic black Democrat. He’s also facing multiple felony charges and recently spent a night in jail for violating conditions of his bond. The GOP thinks he could hurt Obama in Michigan come November, the Detroit News reports. Kilpatrick and... More »

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Barack Obama • Detroit • Michigan • attack ad • Kwame Kilpatrick

Counterpunch Too Weak for Strategists

Strategists urging
Obama to bring tougher attacks on McCain

Aug 7, 08 4:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - After weeks of enduring blistering attacks from John McCain, Barack Obama is launching a counter-attack. His new “Maverick” ad is his sharpest yet, calling McCain out on his similarities to George Bush. But Democratic strategists still don’t think Obama is hitting hard enough, the Washington Post reports.... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • negative campaigning • attack ad

Opinion





 Obama Should
 Be Attacking
 This Guy 

He needs to repeatedly link McCain to Bush

Jul 31, 08 3:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is still keeping things close in the polls, for one simple reason: Barack Obama won’t attack him. Obama seems content to make the entire election about himself, Jonathan Chait writes in the LA Times, trying to make himself an acceptable alternative to the already unpopular... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Obama 2008 • attack ad

analysis

McCain Strays Off Message, But Which Message?

Candidate ad libs as staffers attempt to strategize

Jul 31, 08 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain relishes interacting with voters and sparring with the press, a style that's helped earn him his "maverick" reputation even as it ties his advisers and staff in knots. The campaign as a whole is turning to Karl Rove-style tactics, but the candidate's unpredictable behavior is making it... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • Karl Rove • branding • negative campaigning • attack ad • Steve Schmidt

Mac 'Celebrity' Attack Ad Signals New Battle Stage

Tactics echo Bush re-election strategy

Jul 31, 08 4:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's latest attack on Barack Obama as a self-absorbed "celebrity" candidate out of touch with ordinary Americans marks a new aggressive stage of his campaign, reports the New York Times. The "star power" offensive against Obama, sharper than earlier efforts, comes as key players in President Bush's... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • RNC • negative campaigning • attack ad • campaign advertising

ANALYSIS

McCain's Rip on Obama's Soldier Visit Lacks Facts

But Mac insists that his rival skipped over media coverage

Jul 30, 08 1:34 PM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain is standing by his accusation that Barack Obama skipped a military hospital trip in Germany because he couldn't bring the press—even though the facts don't support it, the Washington Post reports. Firsthand accounts agree that Obama never intended to take reporters to the hospital. McCain's charge,... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • smear campaign • attack ad

Mac Attack Ad's Endless Media Coverage? Priceless

Spot airs everywhere, despite small spend

Jul 30, 08 8:35 AM CDT
(Newser) - John McCain's tough TV spot, which attacks Barack Obama for backing out of a visit to US troops in Germany because he couldn't bring TV cameras along, has become one of the most widely seen ads of the campaign. That's pretty impressive, considering it only aired as a paid commercial... More »

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John McCain • advertising • attack ad • campaign advertising • McCain 2008

Obama Audio Clips May Hurt Candidacy

Recording of his bestseller details drug use, attitudes on race

Jul 6, 08 2:42 PM CDT
(Newser) - GOP activists are salivating over audio clips of Barack Obama reading from his book, Dreams from My Father, detailing his attitudes on race and adventures with drugs. "I attended classes sparingly, drank beer heavily, and tried drugs enthusiastically," Obama says in a reading of the 1993 bestseller. Now... More »

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Barack Obama • Obama 2008 • attack ad • McCain 2008 • Dreams From My Father

MoveOn Axes Big-Money Fundraising Arm

MoveOn folds 527 group to match Obama's pledge

Jun 20, 08 3:17 PM CDT
(Newser) - One day after Barack Obama became the first candidate since Watergate to reject general election public financing, a prominent liberal grassroots group has disbanded its 527 operation. "We, like Senator Obama, believe that this election can be won by ordinary Americans giving small donations,” MoveOn said in a... More »

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Barack Obama • John McCain • campaign finance • MoveOn • 527 groups • attack ad

'Swift Boating' Fears for Obama May Be Premature

Third-party groups aren't appearing on the horizon

Jun 20, 08 1:35 PM CDT
(Newser) - Democrats fretting over a reprise of the swift boating that marked the 2004 campaign may be hearing false alarms, Politico reports. Third-party organizations, aka 527 groups, have thus far been unable to drum up enough opposition to Barack Obama to fund an offensive. It's early yet, but antagonists like T.... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • John McCain • John Kerry • 527 groups • attack ad • Swift Boat Veterans for Truth

 Clinton Ads Fire Up Gas Clash 

Indiana commercial targets Obama's take on gas tax holiday

May 2, 08 8:05 PM CDT
(Newser) - Congress killed hopes of a “gas tax holiday,” but that won't stop Hillary Clinton from running on it. Her camp issued its second Indiana TV ad today blasting Barack Obama’s opposition to the measure, Talking Points Memo reports. Obama responded to her first ad by saying the... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Indiana • political advertising • attack ad • Indiana primary • gas tax holiday

Dems Launch $40M Assault
on McCain

Group headed by
David Brock revs up attack machine

Apr 10, 08 10:33 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Brock, the once-right-wing journalist who led an assault on Bill Clinton in the early '90s, is taking the lead in a Democratic attack campaign against John McCain, Politico reports. The Brock-helmed group Progressive Media USA is planning a $40-million media blitz aimed at McCain; the group currently has $7.... More »

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John McCain • campaign fundraising • Media Matters • attack ad • David Brock • Progressive Media USA

Ex-Gov. Helps Obama Sling Mississippi Mud

Mabus deplores divisiveness, Clinton's 'derogatory' statements

Mar 7, 08 4:10 PM CST
(Newser) - A Barack Obama radio ad airing in Mississippi ahead of Tuesday’s primary features the ex-governor arguing that Hillary Clinton looks down on the state, CNN reports. Entitled “Respect,” the ad refers to remarks Clinton made about a lack of elected female officials in Iowa, when she said,... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Iowa • Mississippi • Democratic presidential primaries • attack ad • Ray Mabus • women in office

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

Clinton, Obama Home In on Wisc.

Primary shapes up as test of momentum

Feb 18, 08 4:06 PM CST
(Newser) - Tomorrow's primary in Wisconsin won’t decide the Democratic nomination, but Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are fighting tooth and nail anyway, Politico reports, airing their first negative ads of the campaign and taking shots at each other through aides. At stake is momentum: Obama doesn’t want to break... More »

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Barack Obama • Hillary Clinton • Wisconsin • Ted Kennedy • Hawaii • health care reform • Democratic nomination • Democratic presidential primaries • attack ad • Wisconsin primary • Election 2008

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

Rivals Don't Hide Scorn for Mitt

Dislike is palpable in competing GOP campaigns

Jan 24, 08 12:27 PM CST
(Newser) - If the primary season were a popularity contest, Mitt Romney would have retired long ago. He’s the least liked among the Republican presidential candidates, fielding ugly insults from rivals angry about perceived attack ads, policy pandering, and endlessly deep pockets. The New York Times was unsurprised that unloved Romney... More »

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Mitt Romney • John McCain • Mike Huckabee • Republican nomination • attack ad • popularity

Right-Wing
MoveOn Rival Raises $250M

Bush allies launch advocacy arm to target 2008 races

Jan 21, 08 5:20 PM CST
(Newser) - A new political advocacy group pitching itself as a right-wing answer to MoveOn is mobilizing to spend $250 million to support candidates in 2008, more than twice the figure spent by the largest liberal group in 2004. Freedoms Watch's principals are two former Bush officials, Talking Points Memo reports, and... More »

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Ohio • Ari Fleischer • MoveOn • attack ad • Freedoms Watch

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