Obama's Economic Onslaught

In a strictly political sense, the failing economy has been a blessing to Barack Obama's candidacy. And the Illinois senator is capitalizing on the fiscal crisis in several TV ads running in battleground states. In "Floridians Hurting" (subscription), Obama seeks...

DSCC Targets Dole, Smith

The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee is going after GOP incumbents in the North Carolina and Oregon Senate races in two new releases. Sen. Elizabeth Dole, R-N.C., running against state Sen. Kay Hagan (D) for her second term, is the target...

Closing The Case

Hoosiers and Tar Heels head to the polls today with the same mix of messages voters in other hotly contested primary states received from Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton: positive ads followed by several days of back-and-forth attacks, ending...

Endgame In North Carolina & Indiana

Though her media team is already looking ahead to the upcoming Oregon primary, Hillary Rodham Clinton hasn't forgotten Indiana or North Carolina just yet. Since Thursday, her campaign has debuted four TV ads in those two states: an attack ad...

Fact Check On Fuel

A legitimate policy debate has arisen between the two Democratic presidential candidates this week: whether or not to support John McCain's plan for a gas tax holiday this summer. While Hillary Rodham Clinton has jumped on the Straight Talk Express...

Red, White And Blue-Collar

With just six days before voters head to the polls in Indiana and North Carolina, Barack Obama seems to have refocused his campaign efforts within the last 24 hours. From his strong repudiation of Rev. Jeremiah Wright on Tuesday to...

Echoes Of Pennsylvania?

Since Super Tuesday, advertising in the Democratic presidential campaign has followed a similar pattern for each contest: start nice, finish nasty. Three new spots from Hillary Rodham Clinton today -- two largely positive and one that contrasts her economic policies...

Save The Attacks For Big Oil

So far, Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton have held off running negative ads against each other in North Carolina and Indiana. Apparently, they prefer to save their attacks for oil companies, which are taking a beating from both sides...

Racial Charges Fill The Air In N.C.

As the North Carolina GOP faces mounting criticism over its inflammatory ad featuring the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, the state's Democrats have proven they, too, can use racially charged imagery with the release of a new attack ad from gubernatorial candidate...

Obama Teaches Good Parenting

The national spotlight continues to shine on North Carolina today over a state Republican Party ad highlighting Barack Obama's relationship with the Rev. Jeremiah Wright. But voters in the Tar Heel State haven't been getting just one side of the...

Guns & Griffith In N.C. Gov. Race

With the Pennsylvania primary finally over, the Democratic presidential contest will move on to North Carolina, where another fiercely fought Democratic primary is already under way in the gubernatorial race. The two Democrats running to replace term-limited Gov. Michael Easley...

State Parties Seize On Obama's Missteps

Perhaps it was only a matter of time before inflammatory video clips of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright found their way into ads attacking Barack Obama. But the North Carolina Republican Party is using the controversial pastor's remarks to hit two...

Looking Down The Road

For all the money poured into Pennsylvania in the last two weeks, Hillary Rodham Clinton's campaign must have been saving some of its ad budget for the next two contests, in Indiana and North Carolina. Today Clinton released new ads...

Only Takes One To Tango

On the campaign trail, taking the moral high ground can sometimes mean ending up in an uncomfortable place. North Carolina Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue, a Democrat running for governor, is being reminded of that lesson after extending an olive branch...

Continuing The Conversation

Hillary Rodham Clinton and her surrogates are playing political hardball in Pennsylvania right now, but in North Carolina -- where Barack Obama maintains a double-digit lead in polling -- she appears to be treading more lightly. In two new ads...

The Road Less Traveled

Amid a hard-fought primary in the North Carolina governor race, Democratic candidate and Lt. Gov. Beverly Perdue veered abruptly onto the high road today with an ad calling for the end to the mudslinging that has lately characterized the race....

Close Race Gets Nasty In N.C.

North Carolina may be a make-or-break stop in the Democratic presidential race, but a contentious gubernatorial primary will also be on the ballot when residents of the Tar Heel State vote on May 6. Two of term-limited Gov. Michael Easley's...

Clinton Media Goes Interactive

"If you are looking for a typical political commercial, switch the channel," advises Hillary Rodham Clinton at the start of her first ad (subscription) in North Carolina, a minute-long TV spot debuting in the Tar Heel State today. But while...

Obama In It For The Long Haul

With calls for Hillary Rodham Clinton to drop out of the Democratic primary race multiplying, Barack Obama refused to join the chorus this weekend. Instead, the Illinois senator focused on his plan for economic recovery during his campaign's "Road to...