The XX Factor : negative ads

Favorite Negative Campaigns

Bonnie Goldstein — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:59:00 GMT

Jumping in on Rachael's and Melinda's discussion about negative campaigning, the example of Pennsylvania Jewish voters being told Obama will bring on a Holocaust and Sen. Elizabeth Dole's swipe at opponent Kay Hagen's Christianity remind me of the 1990...(read more)

10 Bad Ads

Melinda Henneberger — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 23:45:00 GMT

Hmmm, the top 10 worst political campaign ads ever? The bottom 10, I guess you'd say? Rachael, yer on: 10) OK, in the spirit of comity, let's start with an attack ad against a Republican, Colorado Rep. Marilyn Musgrave. I know you'd agree she's kinda...(read more)

Then She Ate Her Godless Ice Cream From a Tiny Godless Cup

Melinda Henneberger — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 22:46:00 GMT

The good news is, we may finally have located the floor, the how-low-can-you-go spot where it's the negative campaigner who falls to the ground, embarrassed and wishing he or she had known the limits of voter tolerance for crazy ads. The bad news is,...(read more)

Poor Meghan?

Noreen Malone — Wed, 15 Oct 2008 19:04:00 GMT

Awhile back I wrote that Meghan McCain had learned to negotiate the difficult terrain of being a political daughter by oversharing on surface-level stuff, and keeping quiet on the truly personal. Looks like she hasn't quite stuck to that-on Hannity and...(read more)