Cafferty File: Will Going Negative Help McCain?

From the Cafferty File:

Remember when John McCain talked about how he wasn't going to run a negative campaign? How he wanted to focus on the issues and not get down in the political mud? I guess you can chalk it up to something else McCain has changed his mind about. Now he's apparently decided that going negative is the way to the White House.

You don't need to look much farther than McCain's ads, which have become increasingly negative -- calling Barack Obama a celebrity, and comparing him to Britney Spears and Paris Hilton. Or the ad that that says Obama "made time to go to the gym, but cancelled a visit with wounded troops." One study points out one-third of John McCain's ads refer to Obama negatively. On the other hand, 90% of Obama's ads don't even mention John McCain.

These negative ads feed the perception of McCain as an angry candidate. Even some Republicans don't think this strategy is such a good idea. Former top McCain strategist John Weaver called the celebrity ad "childish" and "tomfoolery", while other Republicans have called it "unprofessional," "absurd and juvenile." An editorial in the St. Petersburg Times says of McCain: "The self-described 'happy warrior' from 2000 has turned sour... and the candor and straight talk that once made him such an attractive candidate are rapidly disappearing."

Meanwhile, McCain's flip-flop on the issue of offshore drilling has netted him some big bucks from the big oil companies. A non-partisan campaign finance watchdog group says that after McCain announced he was changing his position and now was going to support offshore drilling, the Big Oil companies opened their wallets. "Campaign Money Watch" found that in Texas alone, oil-related donors gave $1.2 million to McCain's Victory '08 fund in June -- 73% of it coming after his reversal on offshore drilling. Think that's a coincidence?

Here's my question to you: Is going negative against Barack Obama a winning strategy for John McCain?

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[qarusel]

Ah yes, a random idiot, the mouthpiece of Fox news.

[VanadiusRex]

McCain the Straight-Talking Maverick has become McAnus the Mud-Slinging Jackass.

[jp7464]

No you don't have to vote for the lesser of 2 evils, you can write in Ron Paul's name and feel good about your vote.

[piancu]

Ah yes, CNN.. The mouthpiece of the Democrat Party

[Karma2Die4]

McCain is an old bitter man, he believes he is entitle to become President and when he realizes that others do not see it his way, he becomes an attack dog. McCain going negative has proven to be a very bad decision and I for one hope he continues on this path of distruction. The American people have decided that the issues are most important and the polls proves that. The bottomline is, Obama will become the next President John, so you and the pig with lipstick need to deal with it.

[AllInAll79]

Sometimes it just takes those whom use to be blind to bring sight to those whom still are blind.

[LtsSng1]

Cafferty you douche bag.. Just the mention of drilling oil dropped in price.... You are a fing ass hole... Stick your head back in your ass you drunk ass wipe...

[punkchibi13]

*giggle* HE IS!!! XD

[again2021]

McCain is really Mr. Wilson from Dennis the menace:)