Actually, Obama is Running a Positive Campaign
Source: Bloomberg Business Weak
On CBSs Face the Nation Sunday, President Obamas chief strategist, David Axelrod, took issue with Bob Schieffers suggestion that the reelection campaign is being driven by negative ads. Schieffer looked positively flummoxed by Axelrods claim that the overwhelming majority of the ads run so far have been positive. So youre saying youre running a positive campaign?! Schieffer asked, incredulously. I think we are, Axelrod replied.
That may be hard to believe, given the tsunami of attention that greeted the presidents negative ad about Mitt Romneys tenure at Bain Capital. But Axelrod is right.
According to Kantar Medias Campaign Media Analysis Group, a total of 63,793 ads have been broadcast since the start of the general election campaign on April 10th. Through May 24th, those spots were almost perfectly split between positive and negative: 51 percent of them were positive 49 percent negative. This week, CMAG crunched the numbers a bit further, breaking them down by partisan affiliation. And that revealed something interesting: Democrats are running a largely positive campaign, while Republicans are running a mostly negative one:
Democratic presidential advertisers aired 35,936 ads. Of these, 70 percent (25,092) were positive and 30 percent (10,844) were negative.
Republican presidential advertisers aired 27,857 ads. Of these, 27 percent (7,584) were positive and 73 percent (20,273) were negative.
Read more: http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2012-06-03/actually-obama-is-running-a-positive-campaign
monmouth
(21,078 posts)he's biased all the way. The Obama campaign is strong and they are bringing up the awful things that Romney stands for. The IOIYAR runs deep with many in the media. Obama fighting back just doesn't seem fair. Romney should be the only one to campaign, Obama needs to be strapped to his desk. Axelrod did a great job, he does not suffer fools. Schieffer is a fool and should retire.
PatrynXX
(5,668 posts)not a hard right wing tool like say anyone one Fox (except Shep)
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)Shieffer caught in the act of aiding McCain in the 2008 debates both threads by me.
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/McCamy%20Taylor/315
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4257340
FailureToCommunicate
(14,014 posts)Just saying
McCamy Taylor
(19,240 posts)So they think they need to make the public think that Obama started it first.
palouseman
(2 posts)all campaigns get more negative later on. it would look very weak of him to start off negative.
DonCoquixote
(13,616 posts)The minute he gets honest/negative, all the talking heads will start sounding the "uppity N***** alarm, especially Fox, but also CNN and oh yes, Huffpo. Obama has to box, while Mitt has snipers in the audience.