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Originally Posted by Villages Kahuna
The source for the number was a discussion this morning on the MSNBC "Morning Joe" program after a report from the Politico website. The discussion went on to say that almost the entire amount will be spent on attack ads in the nine "swing" states. They estimated that the Romney campaign will outspend Obama by 40% on the negative advertising.
Based on the ads we've seen recently, I fail to see how a constant drumbeat of attack ads does much to further educate the electorate on the qualifications and platforms of the candidates.
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Mitt Romney won the nomination, as of today, using strictly negative ads. First he went after Newt Gingrich, then Rick Santorum spending 76 million dollars. I have never heard a positive ad advocating how Romney would create jobs or reduce the deficit, except for the same old tired rhetoric of more tax breaks for millionaires and billionaires and less regulation for banks and Wall Street.