But when Doug Forrester put her comments in a television ad, that seemed to push the negative campaign too far.
Representative CONRAD BURNS (Republican, Montana): Baseless allegations drummed up in a negative campaign that started almost a year and a half ago.
Mr. Romney's largely negative campaign was able to demolish Mr. Gingrich, but it is also hurting his own favorability, especially among independents.
That percentage is significantly higher than it was in September, when just 42 percent thought the Republican presidential nominee was running an overly negative campaign.
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He claims this was a frightened and bewildered electorate who had believed Labour's negative campaign that there was a less painful way to overcome the country's economic ills.
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"It's the most negative campaign I've ever seen, " said Paul Blanchard, head of Eastern Kentucky University's Center of Kentucky History and Politics and a 30-year veteran of local political wars.
But the clear perception that the Arizona senator has run a more negative campaign than Obama may hurt the Republican presidential nominee's chances of a comeback as the end of the race draws near.
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We need to hear more of their voices above the din of all of the negative campaign ads this election season to find out what will help them grow their businesses in 2013 and beyond.
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Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean questioned John Kerry's judgment because of the Massachusetts senator's stance on the two wars against Iraq, while Kerry hinted Dean was being hypocritical, running a negative campaign while urging other candidates to keep it clean.
Labour are indeed running an extreme and negative scaremongering campaign against the SNP but they have taken their template from the Tories.
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In April, Richardson said he was "very close to endorsing" Clinton but decided not to after the campaign became negative.
The negative strategy for each campaign has become clearer in recent days.
Though the Obamans certainly hit John McCain hard four years ago--running more negative ads than any campaign in history--what they intend to do to Romney is more savage.
Polls show that Obama currently has the upper hand, thanks in part to a carpet-bombing campaign of negative attack ads whose questionable charges demonstrate a complete disregard for facts and reason.
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But Bumpers easily defeated Huckabee after a nasty campaign that featured negative ads and character attacks.
Two months ago, roughly one in five Democrats thought the campaign was too negative, but the number now has risen to 50 percent, according to the Pew survey.
While the community provided an ideal backdrop for Ryan to emphasize the campaign pledge to preserve Medicare, the campaign drew some negative publicity this week for its ties to Morse.
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Still he feels the positive reception for the campaign has overwhelmed the negative.
As for the negative tone of Minnesota's campaign, political analysts here say they're expecting a lot more of the same.
While these scores represent more negative reports than positive, the campaign, which runs until September, still has more time to build perception.
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On Friday, in a fundraiser in Cleveland, Ohio, Palin defended what many perceive as the negative tone the McCain-Palin campaign has taken in recent days.
Despite all that time in Iowa, Santorum didn't see substantial traction in polls until January as Gingrich withered in the heat of negative ads from Romney's campaign and a super PAC that supports him.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, D-New York, and the campaign has taken a decidedly negative turn in recent days.
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Mr Westendorp banned Mr Seselj from entering the Bosnian Serb republic during the September election campaign, because of his negative statements on the role of the international community in Bosnia.
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Pollster Mark DiCamillo said Nader's even support ratings indicated that while he might not be winning new supporters for his own candidacy, he could still be having an indirect effect on Gore's campaign by adding to the negative publicity surrounding the Democratic candidate.
To Darrell West of the Brookings Institution, the video evokes memories of the Swift Boat campaign that mounted a barrage of negative attacks against Kerry's war record.
The campaign sparked a huge discussion about negative pressure from the fashion industry and the media, which were blamed for promoting unhealthy images of impossibly beautiful but anorexic women.
The spokesman played down suggestions Britain might try to deter Bulgarian and Romanian arrivals by launching an advertising campaign in those countries stressing the negative aspects of life in the UK, including the weather.
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