Obama: Running a Losing Campaign

I listened to Cory Booker (Democratic Mayor of Newark, New Jersey) on Meet the Press yesterday--very impressive guy and hopefully he is indicative of the future of the Democratic Party. Mayor Booker said he personally found the Obama campaign tactics of demonizing Romney (see Obama "Bain Capital" ads) and smearing Romney campaign contributors, "nauseating." At the same time, it is worth noting that the Romney campaign has refrained from personal demonizing of Obama (see Romney's rejection of Rev. Wright ads) and has not run smear campaigns against Obama's campaign contributors.

All campaigns are full of "noise" and "craziness." There are always "haters" on both ends of the spectrum.  The mark of integrity is to say "no" and draw limits in the public interest of good government.  As I've said before, no matter the outcome of the Presidential campaign, the Obamas and the Romneys will personally be just fine. The question is, what about the country and its future? If you have to win by "demonizing" your opponent and "smearing" his campaign contributors, what does that say about the future of this country, much less the leadership qualities of the candidate who allows his campaign to engage in such destructive tactics?

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