We hear it every election season: Candidates for political office seldom give straight answers. Instead, much of what we learn about them comes from political advertisements developed by their opponents and special-interest groups. ...more

September 24, 2008

Leaders of Sen. John McCain's campaign are looking toward "527s" as their principal means of attacking Sen. Barack Obama because they have been given a green light by McCain. ...more

June 23, 2008

Say what we will about the crush of political advertisements on television and radio and the madcap statewide barnstorming by GOP frontrunners hoping Florida launches them insurmountably toward the nomination, this culminating day should prove fascinating. ...more

January 29, 2008

The early reviews are in, and three federal judges appeared in agreement Thursday that a movie lambasting Hillary Rodham Clinton seemed like a 90-minute campaign advertisement. ...more

January 11, 2008

We hear it all the time: Candidates for political office seldom give straight answers. Much of what we learn about them comes from political advertisements developed by their opponents and special-interest groups. That's politics. ...more

October 30, 2007