In recent weeks, I've been re-reading Hunter S. Thompson's seminal political work, "Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72." It's been an instructive reading, not because the '08 campaign is some kind of mirror of '72, but some of the dynamics of the campaign benefit from Thompson's analysis (think about Muskie as the Only One Who Can Beat Nixon and the early Hillary Clinton assumptions).
Tonight, I read something from HST that perfectly explained why the McCain campaign has descended into the gutter of negative campaigning. Check out the quote below.
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