Staff / TruthdigAug 11, 2012
Polls show Romney isn’t connecting with voters. Has Obama defined him? An anti-Romney ad features a steelworker’s story of losing his wife to cancer right after a Bain restructuring cost him his job and his company medical insurance. And the month of July set new temperature records, but policymakers aren’t budging on climate change. These issues and more are debated on this week's "Left, Right & Center." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Alexander Reed Kelly / TruthdigJun 20, 2012
Those who prize civility over frank talk or success in politics may be disheartened to learn that attack ads of the type President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have begun to fling at each other are as old as the republic itself, and as New York magazine columnist Frank Rich says, they’re absolutely essential for effective politics. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Joe Conason / TruthdigFeb 2, 2012
Triumph in Florida could cost Romney much more than the million dollars or so that bought each point of his 46-32 margin over Newt Gingrich. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Peter Z. Scheer / TruthdigJan 16, 2012
Newt Gingrich has made it clear that if he can't be president, he's going to try to take Mitt Romney down with him. But the former House speaker’s endless stream of attack ads could, perversely, end up strengthening the "Massachusetts Moderate," who seems likely to survive the onslaught.The former House speaker’s endless stream of attack ads could, perversely, end up strengthening the "Massachusetts Moderate," who seems likely to survive the onslaught. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 3, 2012
Joe Klein points out that the newfound anonymity of attack ads, made possible by the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision, which allows faceless money conglomerates to run ads on a candidate's behalf without the usual "I approved this message," makes for much "more effective and brutal" adverts. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 2, 2012
Observers credit a spate of attack ads for Newt Gingrich’s recent tumble -- and Mitt Romney’s rise -- in Iowa polls ahead of the state’s Republican caucus. But where did they come from? Not Romney’s campaign, but rather a PAC staffed by former Romney insiders and empowered by the Supreme Court’s Citizens United ruling to spend as much as it likes to destroy his opponents. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 15, 2010
The founder and publisher of the Political Wire, Taegan Goddard, wonders if this attack ad isn't the best of all time, and it may be, but it also feels like something that aired between segments of "Saturday Night Live." Only this is funny. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigNov 2, 2008
Wow. The Huffington Post rounded up all these new attacks on Barack Obama by the McCain campaign and various GOP operatives -- but before reading them, be warned: Prolonged exposure to some of these messages (e.g. voting for Obama might lead to a "tragic outcome" for Jewish people) made us want to take a shower. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 30, 2008
It's hard to pick just one nutty attack ad from this election season's overflowing cornucopia o' nonsense, but CNN's Campbell Brown thinks she's found the worst in Sen. Elizabeth Dole's truth-challenged spot insinuating that her Democratic rival, Kay Hagan, is a secret atheist. Updated Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigOct 8, 2008
If there was any lingering doubt as to the tone that will characterize these last weeks on the campaign trail, take a look at this disapproving, if vague, McCain ad, in which a disdainful-sounding narrator claims Barack Obama did something dishonorable at some point in the campaign, and also, liberals are bad or something like that. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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