negative campaigning
Rational or "values" voting?
By Kim on October 21, 2008
Gary Sauer-Thompson has a really good point to make about the way that Colin Powell has justified his decision to endorse Barack Obama: Colin Powell’s endorsement of Barack Obama on Meet the Press was based on a form of public [...]
Posted in Culture, Ethics, Foreign Elections, Media, Race, Religion, USA | Tagged barack obama, colin powell, Culture Wars, endorsement, GOP, John McCain, Lincoln Chaffee, moderate republicans, negative campaigning, Republican party, Susan Eisenhower, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 10 Responses
Obama McCain debate open thread
By Kim on October 8, 2008
Here they go again! Televised, streamed, etc. in all the usual places. Comment and link as you will. Recycling of partisan talking points strongly discouraged. A couple of discussion starters – Nate Silver: Are John McCain’s negative attacks succeeding in [...]
Posted in Blogging, Foreign Elections, Polls | Tagged american election 2008, barack obama, Blogging, blogosphere, debate, John McCain, negative campaigning, polling, Polls, presidential debates, sarah palin, second debate, US election 2008, USA Election 2008 | 43 Responses
"The gloves are off"
By Mark Bahnisch on October 7, 2008
The McCain campaign has gone into full on negative smear mode, with Governor Sarah Palin playing the traditional attack role of the Vice-Presidential candidate. Apparently Obama has been consorting with terrorists, because he once knew a member of the Weathermen [...]
Posted in Economics, Foreign Elections, Markets, Sociology, USA | Tagged barack obama, Bill Ayers, Culture Wars, domestic terrorism, financial crisis, John McCain, negative campaigning, Rev. Wright, sarah palin, Sociology, us economy, US election 2008, USA Election 2008, Wall Street, weatherman, Weathermen | 108 Responses
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