The question is, even if Obama gets the nom while staying positive, will he be able to keep from going negative in the general election? Granted, McCain has himself been subject to very negative attacks (by GWB in 2000, for instance) and may have been disgusted enough to try to avoid using them on his opponent this time around. Or not. And even if McCain tries to avoid going negative, I don't see the mass of the Republican political war machine following his lead. I think it's inevitable that whoever gets the nom will be slammed as much as possible by the Republicans in the general election. Will not fighting back against Republican smears help or hurt Obama? Will Obama seem above the fray, or weak, or something else, if he doesn't respond in kind?
In other words, even if it doesn't happen now, is it not inevitable that Obama's armor is going to get tarnished by election day anyway?
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Date: 2008-03-05 05:57 pm (UTC)In other words, even if it doesn't happen now, is it not inevitable that Obama's armor is going to get tarnished by election day anyway?