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New Obama Ad: Bain a Vampire, Romney a Job Killer

Evann Gastaldo — Mon, 14 May 2012 10:15:06 CDT

Let the Democrats' Romney-Bain attacks begin. The Obama campaign comes out swinging against Mitt Romney this week with a new attack painting him as a job killer, Talking Points Memo reports. The new campaign, featuring a two-minute ad airing in five states, a longer six-minute video available online, and the...

Obama Ad: Mitt Wouldn't Have Killed bin Laden

Kevin Spak — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 11:30:59 CDT

The Obama campaign turned heads today with a new video that strongly implies Mitt Romney wouldn't have ordered the raid killing Osama bin Laden. The video starts off innocuously enough, with Bill Clinton praising Obama's decision to go after bin Laden. "He took the harder and the more honorable path...

Senate Cat Candidate Hounded by Attack Ad

Mary Papenfuss — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 00:01:00 CST

Me-ouch. Hank the tabby who's running a spoofy campaign for a Virginia Senate seat had no idea politics could be such a catfight . Hank's already being hit with a dog-eat-dog attack ad firing questions off about his birth certificate, tax returns (he hasn't filed any), alleged use of catnip, and...

Stats Prove It: 2012 Race Much, Much Nastier

Kevin Spak — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:20:05 CST

It's not your imagination: This year's Republican primary season really has been drastically more negative than usual. In 2008, just 6% of GOP primary campaign advertising attacked other Republicans, but this year that figure has shot to 51%, the Washington Post reports. The tone of the ads has gotten worse...

Gingrich Super PAC Blasts Romney as Obama Pal

Kevin Spak — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 09:24:33 CST

Newt Gingrich's super PAC is jumping into the Florida mudslinging contest, with an ad bashing Mitt Romney over his role in helping to devise mandate-based health care. The Winning Our Future PAC, riding high thanks to a $5 million donation from the wife of Vegas casino owner Sheldon Adelson, has...

Brown, Warren Make Pact to Boot Super PACs

Evann Gastaldo — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 07:34:28 CST

Scott Brown and Elizabeth Warren are rivals in a sure-to-be-bitterly-contested race for Ted Kennedy's old Senate seat, but they both want super PACs to stay out of it: The rivals yesterday entered into a pact discouraging outside groups from airing ads on their behalf; both Brown and Warren agreed to...

Colbert Super PAC Ad Attacks... Colbert

Evann Gastaldo — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:48:31 CST

The Definitely Not Coordinating With Stephen Colbert Super PAC is certainly spending a lot of time and money urging people not to vote for Stephen Colbert . The latest ad released by the super PAC is an all-out attack on Colbert, an "East Coast Hollywood elite" who is "turning our election...

Newt Mocks Mitt for Speaking French

Rob Quinn — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 07:49:23 CST

There's still more than a week to go until the South Carolina primary but Newt Gingrich's campaign may have already reached the bottom of the barrel. His campaign's new "French Connection" ad, in an effort to portray Mitt Romney as just another Massachusetts liberal, points out that Romney speaks French—...

Treatment of Family Pet Still Dogs Romney

Rob Quinn — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 03:15:00 CST

A long-dead Irish setter and a revived issue has provided Newt Gingrich with more ammunition to use against Mitt Romney. In 1983, Romney and his family drove from Boston to Canada with Seamus, the family dog, in a carrier strapped to the roof of the car. At some point during...