I heard that figure being tossed around earlier and thought: 1980 wasn't that long ago. That doesn't sound meaningful.
On the Slate podcast they were talking about why the South Carolina primary has a reputation for dirty politics. After everyone said they didn't know, much speculation followed, some of which made more sense than others. One thing that sounded sort of plausible is that at this point whoever didn't win New Hampshire or Iowa is getting kind of desperate and is more likely to be willing to go negative. Another that had a certain ring of truth to it is that people (and, in particular, journalists) remember the campaign waged against John McCain in 2000 and that looms large enough to color their perceptions of what goes on there.
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Date: 2008-01-19 06:12 am (UTC)On the Slate podcast they were talking about why the South Carolina primary has a reputation for dirty politics. After everyone said they didn't know, much speculation followed, some of which made more sense than others. One thing that sounded sort of plausible is that at this point whoever didn't win New Hampshire or Iowa is getting kind of desperate and is more likely to be willing to go negative. Another that had a certain ring of truth to it is that people (and, in particular, journalists) remember the campaign waged against John McCain in 2000 and that looms large enough to color their perceptions of what goes on there.