As Close Elections Go Down to the Wire, Campaigns Go Negative

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With control of the House and the Senate too close to call, Republicans and Democrats are falling back on an American tradition: negative campaigning. There’s no doubt that it works, but does it have any other redeeming characteristics?   Does it increase partisan mistrust that makes it harder to govern?   Plus, Israel stage a retaliatory assault in Northern Gaza, and a Turkish intellectual is cleared of insulting Islam with remarks about 5000-year old Sumerian culture.

With control of the House and the Senate too close to call, Republicans and Democrats are falling back on an American tradition: negative campaigning. There’s no doubt that it works, but does it have any other redeeming characteristics?  Does it increase partisan mistrust that makes it harder to govern?  Plus, Israel stage a retaliatory assault in Northern Gaza, and a Turkish intellectual is cleared of insulting Islam with remarks about 5000-year old Sumerian culture.

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Host:

Warren Olney

Producers:

Vanessa Romo, Dan Konecky, Frances Anderton