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MoveOn.org has come in for heavy criticism of its full-page advertisement in the Sept. 10th New York Times, in which the liberal advocacy group suggested General David Petraeus should be known as "General Betray Us". The ad infuriated some of MoveOn's natural allies, Democrats and anti-war Republicans, who claim it rallied wavering Republicans behind President Bush and effectively ended any hope that the Senate might pass legislation speeding up the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. But the ad, and the reaction to it, was also significant for the way it gave us a preview of what...
...ad appeared at a convenient moment for the Giuliani campaign. For the first time since the former New York mayor entered the G.O.P. race in early February, his status as his party's front-runner in national polls had begun to slip. The logic against a Giuliani victory - that he's too out of step with the Republican rank and file on social issues to win the nomination - seemed to be taking hold just as Fred Thompson officially entered the race. Giuliani needed to change the dynamic of the campaign, to get G.O.P. primary voters to focus on his general...
MoveOn gave Giuliani precisely the distraction he was looking for. Other Republicans railed against the organization's ad, but Giuliani went further. He linked it to Hillary Clinton, calling her criticism of Gen. Petraeus' Senate testimony "political venom" and chastising her for refusing to condemn MoveOn. Then the Giuliani campaign bought its own full-page ad in the Times, praising Petraeus and lacerating MoveOn and Clinton. "Who should America listen to," the ad asked, "a decorated soldier's commitment to defending America, or Hillary Clinton's commitment to defending MoveOn.org...
Republicans complain that their candidates attack each other more often than they attack the Democrats. But the Republican candidates have been bashing Senators Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama for months. Last week, Mayor Giuliani made a web ad slamming Senator Clinton’s flip-flop on the Iraq War. On the stump, Gov. Romney warns of the Democrats turning the country to the Left instead of forward. Both candidates have pointed out that of the main three Democratic contenders, Senators Clinton, Obama and John Edwards of North Carolina, who all are vying for the nation?...
...Maintaining the integrity of the exam is vital, so that requires consistent testing conditions," NBME spokeswoman Carol Thomson said. "The board cannot make ad hoc, one-on-one decisions...