Negative, ghost rider, pattern is full

By Megan McArdle
One thing that CNN's persuadables clearly don't like is when John McCain attacks Obama.  They're considerably more tolerant of Obama attacks McCain, in part, I suspect, because Obama doesn't keep repeating "what Senator McCain doesn't understand is . . . ", and in part because I suspect that some of them are closet Obamatons.

Nonetheless, this gives me hope. Negative opinons about negative campaigns?  Dare I hope that we may soon see a day when every other political ad concentrates on how the candidates opponent kills puppies, and also, invented scurvy?

Sorry, I must have been daydreaming.  Where were we?

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