Midmorning, 10/08/2008, 9:06 a.m. CT, The ad war continues. From the program description:
With less than 30 days left until election day, the negative ads and the attacks are coming fast and furious. Midmorning analyzes and fact checks the latest round of ads in the presidential campaign and the race for the Minnesota senate seat.Don't miss this one. You can call in, send a question, or comment on ads here in this open discussion.
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I have heard a lot about how people hate negative ads. But the campaigns still use them because they work. I think that speaks to the fact that people are voting for the lesser of 2 evils, so to speak. Not voting for the one you like, but voting against the one you like least.
What didn't get asked was whether the campaigns have any say in what all the 527/PAC sponsored ads contain. It seems like most of the "Norm Coleman once short changed a kids lemonade stand" type ads are run by 527's/PACS and not by the campaigns themselves.
And all the 527/PAC's go by names much different than their cause. The all have cute names like "Duckies and bunnies" when, in reality, it's a big labor union or drug company.