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On TV, it seems like it’s all Obama, all the time

Democratic presidential nominee blanketed the airwaves Wednesday night with an unusual 30-minute advertisement on seven television networks in a splashy demonstration of the extraordinary financial resources at his disposal with less than a week to go before Election Day.

Presidential candidates air attack ads

Presidential candidates Barack Obama and John McCain are criticizing each other in new television ads, trying to drive down public opinion of one another with six weeks left in the election.

McCain chides a newly feisty Obama as 'testy'

Republican presidential candidate John McCain chided his Democratic rival on Wednesday for getting "a little testy" as Barack Obama sharpened his tone amid a tightening White House race that gets nastier by the day.

Negativity the norm in presidential campaign

For all the talk about John McCain's hard-hitting politics, Barack Obama is hardly innocent.

Poll: Half now say presidential campaign too negative

The Democrats' seemingly unending battle to pick a nominee for the White House is taking a toll on the public, with growing numbers saying this year's presidential campaign is too negative and has lasted too long.

Huckabee Won't Air Anti-Romney Ad

Mike Huckabee said Monday he wouldn't run a TV ad he'd prepared blistering Republican rival Mitt Romney as dishonest. Then he showed it to a room packed with reporters and cameramen.

Analysis: GOP Words Get Sharper

Forget the pleasantries. The criticism grows sharper by the day in the race for the Republican presidential nomination.

Millions Spent on Negative Political Ads

So far this campaign, the political parties have exposed voters to nearly $160 million in ads attacking congressional candidates. How much spent painting a positive image? About $17 million.

The Vine

Obama ditching the First Amendment??

Is Obama ditching the First Amendment to curry Moslem favor? An article by Clarice Feldman he states just that.

Brain food: The theory of lies
Source: Guardian Unlimited

Accentuate the Negative. It's always worked and it seems we've just improved on one of the worst aspects of communication.

"Positive" and "Negative" Shapes in Images - Once You are Aware of them, Your Pictures Get Better and Better

In a drawing, painting or photograph, depending on the complexity of the composition and subject matter, there are relationships between the so-called "subject" and "background." This relationship is incredibly significant though often overlooked, ignored or unknown to the maker  …

Susan Boyle won't have longevity, says judge
Source: CNET.com

As far as "Britain's Got Talent" judge Amanda Holden is concerned, the Boyle phenomenon will not enjoy the time-travel of, say, Boyle's Law.

Painting a picture that's too bleak?

John Brecher / msnbc.com A lone pedestrian walks along the Benham Avenue underpass in central Elkhart in late March. Is msnbc.com painting a picture of Elkhart that is too bleak?

Is my mother my worst enemy?

Q. When I started my internet business, my mother told me:"Nonsense, you can't earn like this. That's not a job". She's always so damn negative about everything I start or dream about.

Gang of villagers chase away Google car
Source: CNN

Google's ambitious plan to offer a 3-D street level view of communities across three continents hit a snag when angry residents of a UK village blocked the search engine's camera car from photographing their homes.

Disapproval and distrust of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo go on (and on), says survey
Source: Pulse Asia

Disapproval and distrust continue to be the predominant public sentiments toward President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo; national presidential ratings remain generally unchanged between October 2008 and March 2009 Amidst the revival of the charter change debate, the congressional  …

No Surprise for the Most Unwanted: Philippines' Arroyo again with Negative Satisfaction Ratings
Source: Social Weather Stations

The latest Social Weather Survey of November 28-December 1, 2008 found 29% satisfied and 53% dissatisfied with [Philippine] President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo's performance, for a poor net rating of -24 (% satisfied minus % dissatisfied).

Treasury Bills Trade at Negative Rates
Source: Bloomberg.com

Treasuries rose, pushing rates on the three-month bill negative for the first time, as investors gravitate toward the safety of U.S. government debt amid the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.

Pop Go the Weasels -   Family & Parenting - Your Life - MSN Lifestyle
Source: MSN

I really think this article is disgusting and should not be under the "Best Life" banner. Your article and time would have been better spent writing about 10 best Dads and role models instead of utilizing the negative hook.

(Pic) Fake Flyer in Virginia Tells Democrats to Vote Nov. 5
Source: ABC News

With less than a week to go before voters are expected to head to the polls in record numbers, a bogus flyer directing Republicans to vote Nov. 4 and Democrats to vote Nov. 5 has surfaced in Virginia.

(Video) Palin on Obama's Patriotism
Source: ABC News

The GOP vice presidential candidate addresses attacks made on the senator. Watch See more irresistible headlines

IBDeditorials.com: Editorials, Political Cartoons, and Polls from Investor's Business Daily -- How Obama Applies Alinsky's Rules
Source: Investors Business Daily

Barack Obama's mocking of John McCain, while urging his followers to "get in their face," are tactics right out of his radical hero Saul Alinsky's playbook: ridicule and agitation.

Pew Research Center: Canvassing Campaign Media: An Analysis of Time, Tone and Topics
Source: pewresearch.org

The media coverage of the race for president has not so much cast Barack Obama in a favorable light as it has portrayed John McCain in a substantially negative one, according to a new study of the media since the two national political conventions ended.

Study: McCain coverage mostly negative
Source: Yahoo! News

Just 14 percent of the stories about John McCain from the conventions through the final presidential debate were positive in tone, according to a study released today, while nearly 60 percent were negative—the least favorable coverage of any of the 4 candidates on the ticket.

Racists for Obama?
Source: Politico

Article sums up how there are are whites who have negative opinions of African Americans but are will to vote for Obama because he is "non-threatening" or whatever that means....

YouTube - Colin Powell Eviscerates McCain's Negative Smear Campaign
Source: YouTube

"... we have got to say to the world it doesn't make any difference who you are or what you are. If you're an American you're an American.

Candidates should spend money on food banks, not negative ads
Source: CNN

In the middle of an economic crisis, with a lot of Americans worried to death about how they are going to pay their bills, our two presidential candidates are about to spend an astonishing amount of money kicking the "you know what" out of each other on national television.

McCain Cutting His Own Throat With Negative Campaign Ads
Source: The New York Times

The McCain campaign's recent angry tone and sharply personal attacks on Senator Barack Obama appear to have backfired and tarnished Senator John McCain more than their intended target, the latest New York Times/CBS News poll has found.

How far will he go?.....

I just heard a Republican strategist say ( on PBS ) that Sen. McCain, because of his polling numbers, has no choice but to go negative and attack Sen. Obamas character.

100% of McCains Ads are Negative
Source:

According to the latest figures from Ken Goldstein and the Wisconsin Advertising Project, the presidential campaigns are spending nearly $29 million a week to persuade YOU on television that the other guy is bad.

Voters' debate reaction shows resistance to negativity - CNN.com
Source: CNN

The value of negative campaign jabs was shown to be lower than many may have thought.

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