Cleo's Surf-o-rama

Stuff that catches my eye, mostly politics, some other items of note...

Saturday, October 04, 2008

McCain About to Go Negative

"Sen. John McCain's campaign 'has now shifted virtually 100% of his national ad spending into negative ads' attacking Sen. Barack Obama. // This is a dramatic shift from the period before he suspended his campaign when he spent approximately half his ad money on the positive "Original Mavericks" ad, and around half on the negative "Dome" spot." McCain Shifts to Nearly All Negative Ads -- Political Wire

"The McCain campaign has decided that being a war hero is not good enough, being a POW is not good enough, being a maverick is not good enough, and being a reformer is not good enough, so the mud is about to start flying. The campaign has pulled all its positive ads touting McCain's experience and long service to the country. From now on, the entire focus will be on Barack Obama's associations with convicted Chicago developer Tony Rezko, 1960s radical William Ayers, and Obama's former pastor, Rev. Jeremiah Wright." Electoral-vote.com: President, Senate, House Updated Daily