Posted on 01/31/2012 3:22:58 PM PST by Red Steel
"Negative ads work" has long been political conventional wisdom, but now we have a new case study to prove it. Mitt Romney says he lost the South Carolina primary because he was "vastly outspent with negative ads" by Newt Gingrichwhich isn't true, by the wayand implied that he's winning in Florida because of his own negative ads against Gingrich.
How can you tell the mud-slinging works? The top four searches for "Gingrich" are "Callista," "Newt ethics violations," "Newt wives," and "Newt scandals," The Washington Post's Chris Cillizza reports, results he says "prove that the negative ad barrage from Romney and his affiliated super PAC really paid dividends."
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Romney: He's finally admitting that going negative can help him.
Romney has spent most of the primary playing down the importance of negative ads, particularly those aired by the super PAC that supports him, Restore Our Future.
When Gingrich essentially accused Romney of trying to buy an election, saying "He would if he could," Romney responded, "This is an election, however, that's not being driven by money raised. It's being driven by message connection with the voters, debate and experience."
Romney said the ads merely pointed out some of the aspects of [Gingrich's] record that people werent aware of."
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In Florida, he's less reluctant to throw mud. "When attacked, you have to respond," Romney said in Tampa, ABC News' Jonathan Karl reports. Romney and his backers spent six times more than Gingrich, and a whopping 92 percent of ads in Florida were negative.
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I loathe Mitt Romney and will sit home if he is our nominee. I might just as well vote for obama - there isn’t any difference, IMO. I hate his Saul ALinsky tactics too. It didn’t work in Iowa, but Floridians may not be that smart. I don’t know.
China is already working on having a base on the moon by 2025. Newt is a visionary and his idea is right on! with private investments...wonder if they will laugh when the Chinese beat us to it. All the wonders and accomplishments of NASA are astronomical! from the internet, to cell phones, to laser surgery, satellite tv, satellite spy systems and more....too bad the morons think it is a joke. Like when Columbus sailed the seas and everyone thought he would fall off the earth.
very little being said over Romney voting for Jimmy Carter. Also, Carter said he hopes Romney wins this election...heck, with Carter on his side ..what does that tell you? Mitt only won two states. He has a long road to go..he better have a billiion dollar war chest
Great post as usual. Yes, we are not cowering..we are just beginning to shake things up. You always help lead the fight General Patton:)
Sometimes lying your azz off can put you over the top. Hopefully people will wake up to this POS and vote for Newt in the upcoming primaries. Mitt will not take the deep south. Not gonna happen.
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