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Friday, September 5, 2008 12:00 AM

Will the GOP's negativity produce a backlash?

Democrats like to tell themselves that Americans dislike the character attacks in which the GOP specializes. But that comforting thought is untrue.

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  • Sunday, September 7, 2008 03:38 PM

    musings

    Obama's community organizing if you want 2 call it that, was long enuf to get an office and then to run for the ill. legislative. he made not a single diff. of any measure in south chitown.

    These r the sorts of questions reg. dems who understood what the GOP would do to him implored u 2 ask nine months ago.

    But u had 2 b the same old one-note johnys & still,30 years later can't see that if a candidate reasonates with the fringe left ethusiastically, it's a pretty good indicator u have a bad candidate and 2) glaringly obvious barrack obama had more baggage than an airport cargo.

    however, you wanted him now stand by & watch as you lose big.

    you never ever learn.

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