Archive for October 29th, 2008
Douglas Goes Negative in 1860
Wednesday, October 29th, 2008With less than a week to go before the 2008 presidential election, you may have noticed the political ads have gotten increasingly more negative. Several commentators have spoken out against the negative tone. Story Here, Here, and an example Here. All of this got me thinking about “negative ads” in the nineteenth century. I came [...]