So far this campaign has been really depressing to me. Either, as I have matured, I have become more cognizant of how campaigns are run, or President Obama's campaign has been unimaginably cynical. Here's a list of campaign developments that I think Democrats should be ashamed of.
- Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid claiming via anonymous source, with no evidence whatsoever, that Governor Romney had paid no taxes for the past 10 years.
- Stephanie Cutter insinuating that Romney is a felon.
- Ad insinuating that Governor Romney was responsible for a woman dying from cancer.
- Democrats claiming that Republicans are conducting a war against women.
As I see it, the problem is two-fold. First it's depressing to me, that these arguments succeed at all. To do that, voters must be much more sensitive to this demagoguery than I had ever thought before, much more credulous. Secondly, the Obama campaign is much more eager to exploit the public's credulity than I expected. This is not the sort of high-minded campaign Obama promised. He is not a new type of politician. It's depressing, too, that he still has many supporters that don't realize that.