09.17.2008 11:36 am

Dumb to attack the VEEP?

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

The end of a Slate.com feature today raises the question of whether it’s wise for a presidential candidate to attack the opponent’s vice-presidential choice.

Slate.com has an entertaining video in which SlateV’s John Dickerson offers his five favorite campaign commercials from years ago.

The last…

Tags: 1988, 1988 campaign, Barack Obama, campaign ads, campaign commercials, commander in chief, Dan Quayle, Joe Biden, John Dickerson, John McCain, Michael Dukakis, Sarah Palin, Slate.com, SlateV, VEEP, Vice presidency, vice president

09.15.2008 6:19 pm

Do voters care about the facts?

By Steve Parker

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

An article in Sunday’s Post-Dispatch by the Associated Press’ Charles Babington raised the question of whether John McCain and – to a lesser extent — Barack Obama are playing too loose with facts and voters don’t really care.

The article was…

Tags: campaign ads, candidates, Charles Babington, exaggerations, fact-checking, mccain, Obama

Dumb to attack the VEEP?

Do voters care about the facts?

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