"When you throw mud you get dirty", Adlai Stevenson once said.
See some of the most-discussed recent political video vignettes plus Jon Stewart's commentary on Hillary's increasingly sharp attacks and Barack's "passive aggressive" responses.
Stewart suggests that they get in the same room and shout it out – yet the battle is for votes today, this Super Tuesday, so a private battle won't happen. And how have the vicious spoofs and gushy and celebrity-laced tributes affected our perceptions of candidates - and their backers? Stick to the points of difference, not the personalities when people are more drawn to the personal battle? Do you think negative campaigning works?
How do you behave when criticized and where does it get you with others who are watching?
P.S. Attacks appear to be working, at least in one state.
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