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Is Obama’s Campaign Going Too Negative?

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs compares the amount of negative ads of the Obama and Romney campaigns.

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What does that mean only Obama heights can -- should governor Romney be allowed any reaction at all through attack ads.

A study by the media tracking group -- our media.

Recently it found that in a two week period from late June -- early July President Obama ran more than twice as many negative ads.

As governor -- are you ready I mean this is really quite interest.

In terms of negative.

Going negative I'd love the expression -- it seems so I don't now almost there have been nine leniency going negative.

But 37000.

Negative ads in that period.

Think about -- for governor Romney.

Fourteen holes.

Neither -- -- and considerable number.

Don't -- agree I mean that's a lot.

But President Obama going a little negative.

Well by a factor about gonna happen negative ads apparently going into overdrive now by the way in fact the Obama campaign has spent nearly.

Are you ready.

One unread.

Million dollars.

On television commercials and the battleground states so far 100000000.

And three fourths of those.

Three force.

You -- -- Negative.

Those ads attacking Romney in some -- by comparison governor -- it.

I -- governor run me.

He he needs the -- -- -- here is only spent 23 million in those battleground states.

And that means he's being outspent by the president by.

Considerable margin for the -- the question of course is from those ads are working so far it appears they may be.

More than 15 of the president that spending has been critical state.

Of Ohio 15.

Of the ad buys.

And -- he has said Ohio is critical and according to the real clear politics polling average President Obama now has a nearly four point lead.

Four points.

In Ohio.

Almost double last week's margins so.

If you're asking why do these people go negative.

There's a reason because that's just about double what -- was on the previous week.

And if the American voters start to tire of all of this divisive rhetoric on the president's part.

Well.

I don't know what's going to happen because history tells us.

People don't get that tired of these negative ads and in fact we know that they worked so the question now becomes for governor Romney.

How much is he gonna spend.

And how much of -- going to be negative.

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