Is this the 'ugliest, nastiest, dirtiest' campaign ever?

If the Supreme court wanted a divided country, they got it.

It's not the content of the ads, but the saturation of the airwaves.

Come about July, I'm either going to turn the TV off or over to pay TV exclusively so I don't have to see them.

This is not even close, we are just inundated with information as it happens via mass media. In the past (3 decades ago or more) most of this stuff would not even make it to the News paper never mind the TV and Cable.

Does anyone remember what the real issues are any more? Or are you all just going to waste your time - and money - with name-calling and whining?

The american people should insist (through voting) that the Supreme Court reverse it's decision. What we need in this country is not more strife and mud-slinging, but constructive
criticism and decent candidates running for office. Of course that isn't going to happen, I can
only imagine the rhetoric when it will be the republican candidate against Obama. Politics
is and will always be dirty, unethical and about money! HAPPY VOTING...............

You can't even decide who to vote for because they don't address the issues and problems we're facing. All they want to do is dig up dirt on each other, the dirtier the better, so the voters never get the full story on what they'll actually do once they get in office (besides line their own pockets.)

This is an election to determine who is going to lead one of the most powerful and enlightened nations of the world, and this is the caliber of candidates that are running? Just a bunch or egotistical jerks throwing around their money to make other candidates look bad in order to fulfil their own personal bucket list of being President of the United States. Should we be worried?

If the only way you can make yourself look half decent is by trying to make someone look worse than you, then you do not deserve to be president.

Waste of time and money. This could all be done in a lot shorter time, with a lot less #$%$ and spending. 15 million on advertising in florida by one candidate? Really? 15 million dollars just on advertising in that one state. Obviously he will "recoup" that money when he's elected x1000 no doubt, but still, that's just off the charts stupid.

I have been around for a long time and ,YES, this is the ugliest, nastiest and dirtiest campaign I have seen in my lifetime, lies fly around like leaves, hate swirls everywhere, and ignorance is rampant--------------------

what I dont understand is the blatant attacks between political candidates of the same party in primaries, and then the sudden reversal during the general election. Gingrich could say Mitt is not qualified to teach preschool, and then later state he is the best candidate ever.

No it is not, this is typical politics. Before, all of this was done behind the scenes with underhanded tactics and we never heard about them for the most part. Did we hear about acorn registering the cemetary vote during the election, did we hear about the physical threats years back to candidates by campaign managers and their thugs. They all have the same tactics, regardless of party, "none" of them are saints. They do and always will use whatever means necessary to win, legal or illegal. This even applies to the other political seats as well, local, state, and federal, we see it everyday in the buddy system all of them use.

Politics as usual. I retired from a local Gov't Agency and was appalled at the antics of the County Supervisors and other positions that were appointed by the voters.

just wait for when the real campaining starts. the mud will be flying by the truckloads!

Rasmussen Reports, the conservative polling organization, has Obama up by 4% in their most recent national survey data:
Obama 47%
Romney 43%

"An onslaught of unusually vicious attack ads has defined the Republican primary battles, and the mudslinging might only get worse" - This is disgusting! These are supposed to be our leaders... cough, cough, laugh, laugh... role modeling hate and slander! Absolutely shameful! I thought we should be teaching our children differently, I guess I'm a rebel!

Is all this from the movie "Groundhog Day" -- I can't wait until Nov 7th.

The reason why this country can not produce qualified candidates, is that a sensible person does not want to put theirselves and their family through all the hogwash that the average candidate produces. Tell me HONESTLY what you plan to do and how. If I have been paying attention, I already know what you and your opponents have already done.

They make this claim EVERY year.

no, study history lincoln-douglas debates, douglas called lincoln an uneducated backwoods hick with no culture or refinement