Political Ads Surpass 2006 Levels as Attacks Mount
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Posted: 7:29 AM Aug 27, 2010
Political Ads Surpass 2006 Levels as Attacks Mount
Spending on political ads is on the rise across the country, and attack ads are leading the way.
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Washington (AP) --

Spending on political ads is on the rise
across the country, and attack ads are leading the way. Candidates
who take the high road do so at their peril.

As of August 26, candidates for state and federal office had
spent $395 million on ads for the November elections. That's
compared with $286 million at this point in the 2006 midterms. More
than half the ads have been negative.

Political parties and outside groups buying ads have gone
negative 80 percent of the time.

Those numbers were compiled by Evan Tracey, who tracks political
ads as president of CMAG, a division of Kantar Media.

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Posted by: Flower Child on Aug 27, 2010 at 02:17 PM

Boyd leads the pack in mudslinging. He attacked Lawson as an insurance agent, while Boyd is one, too. They don't serve us anymore. They serve themselves. Term limits for Congress.
Posted by: 64Plus Location: Quincy on Aug 27, 2010 at 01:43 PM

Boyd has already started new negative tv ads!! He certainly wasted no time. Another reason he needs to be voted out of office.
Posted by: Buddy Location: Madison on Aug 27, 2010 at 10:32 AM

Career Politicians think they "OWN" their Job and demand they be re-elected. 535 Incumbent Politicians are responsible for this "OBAMA RECESSION" and has got to be voted out regardless of the replacement. The replacement couldn't be any worse than the ones in office now. These Corrupt Politicians has been in office so long some are wearing diapers. We need younger people to give us representation in Washington. Allen Boyd runs behind Nancy Pelosi with a cup of coffee and a Honeybun.
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