(Ed Note: Quickie Politics is our newest column where Ms; cialis 10.Roxanne gives us the lowdown on American politics the way we Street Beaters like it- quick and dirty.)

As of this week, Obama has more than 264 electoral votes; cialis 10.In order to win the presidency a candidate needs only 270; cialis 10.With just over three short weeks left before Election Day cialis 10, the campaigns have ramped up their efforts including, for both candidates, the negative ads.Campaigns will typically take on a more somber and negative tone in the final stretch before Election Day but this election year the undertones and overtones are unabashedly negative cialis 10, further dividing electoral differences.

Last month, when McCain was neck-in-neck with Obama, the stakes didn’t look so high, yet.There was still a 50/50 chance that either candidate could win, and McCain, after his surprise move with the Sarah Palin pick, looked like he might ride high on her waves for some times – cialis 10. Cialis 10: but then reality struck. Cialis 10: the economy took one of the worst nose-dives we’ve seen in generations, and Sarah Palin ended up not performing as perhaps the campaign had expected.Although she’s bounced back some, and many still adore the newcomer to these national elections, the gold-plated female voters who McCain hoped to clinch by choosing Palin slowly began moving toward the Democratic ticket instead. Cialis 10: why? Clearly, in times of economic troubles, Democrats have an advantage – they are more willing to spend money on the middle class, who always get roughed up any time the economy takes a dive.

Now that Obama appears to be making some headway in the polls, the negativity of the campaign is fueling some questionable behavior. Cialis 10: the anti-media rants being thrown into the air like everyday happenings are starting to turn crowds against reporters.And while negativity toward the news is nothing new, what is alarming are the racist outbursts that have become commonplace in political rally.Last week one black reporter was taunted by a Palin audience member with racial slurs that would have any adolescent student banned from school for a week.

Perhaps worst than the negativity of the audiences is the response from the campaigns that encouraged them. Cialis 10: these negative outbursts have neither been discouraged nor curtailed. Cialis 10: in one case the republican candidate for president never even “blinked” after an audience member shouted “terrorist” in response to his question “Who is Obama?”

This type of hatred and electoral division not only harms the political process but also diverts attentions away from the much more significant issues while drawing a line between parties that could be difficult to fuse in the future.

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